Cuelux Announces Linux Version of Control Software
There is a certain bread of computer users that hate both Windows and Macs. Their operating system of choice tends to be Linux, an open source and fairly stable OS. With this limited collection of users also comes a limited selection lighting software titles. In steps Cuelux with their latest announcement of the Cuelux software now available on Ubuntu, a distribution of Linux.
Cuelux is a DMX 512 lighting controller for intelligent lights, LED, dimmers, lasers and various other effects. The programme is platform-independent and available on Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. The software is shipped with a USB-to-DMX adapter cable, compliant with the new DMX512-A standard.
Key to the design of Cuelux is its intuitive graphical user-interface. It is specically designed to reduce the amount of time required to learn how to operate the software. Combined with its affordable price, Cuelux is available to a large audience of Light Jockeys, DJ’s, free-lance technicians, rental companies and tour bands.
To learn more or to download a trial version of Cuelux for Windows, Mac and now Linux, visit their website at www.cuelux.com.
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By: zaba
“There is a certain bread (sic) of computer users that hate both Windows and Macs. Their operating system of choice tends to be Linux, an open source and fairly stable OS.”
While your statement is technically true, it is an oversimplification of end-users. (I use the term end-users because if you use google, for example, you use Linux whether you know it or not.)
I don’t hate Mac (or iOS or anything Apple) and have owned an iPhone since day one. I can’t afford a Mac and disagree with where the company is heading (everything being locked down and only being able to be purchased through their app store).
I don’t hate Windows, either. I dual boot Windows and Linux on both my desktop and laptop. I don’t enjoy using Windows at all. I find the start-up process to be incredibly slow with all sorts of stuff that doesn’t need to be loaded except some company paid money to have it loaded on start up.
Linux works and is just as stable an OS as either Mac or Windows. So, using the word “fairly” IMO is fairly editorial.
I am certainly not trying to start an OS flamewar here or anything. Just trying to point out that there are as many types of Linux users as there are Mac and Windows users. I’m excited to hear that Cuelux works on all three platforms and would love to have a little more pull with my “home” theatre to see if we could use this (on whatever computer we had available).
By: Dave
I do lighting design as a 2nd job (I do theatre rigging full time), but I’m also a linux user. In fact, one of the reasons I selected magicq for lighting software was their linux support, and the fact they they have a public bug reporting system, which I have been contributing bugs and suggestions to.
Here in the US, it is a mostly mac and pc world. However, in Europe, linux is gaining strong traction.
Most modern linux distros are extremely easy to use and learn, have massive amounts of free software, and generally run faster than the windows counterparts (due to a smaller kernel, shared libraries, and generally not requiring anti-virus).
Finally, the ability to try out linux with a livecd makes people far more comfortable, and I’ve installed plenty of dual boots for people.
I have to admit, the fairly stable struck me as a poorly chosen set of words, but I assume you meant it tongue in cheek. I just hate giving people an incorrect notion of the os.
By: Dave
Speaking of linux, is there going to be an android app for you?