<div dir="ltr">I realise nobody asked me, but I think the choice of platform among open source fans is an interesting discussion avenue. I haven't used Windows in any form as a computing platform for like 10 years. I have used OSX enthusiastically for about the last 4 years, and Linux prior to that. The drift was the result of:<div><br></div><div> -- Better OSX support by my corporate environment</div><div> -- Better physical hardware in laptops</div><div> -- Better open source support than Windows for my open source dev needs</div><div><br></div><div>I have to say, I couldn't be happier. There is almost nothing "linux-y" that I cant' do on my laptop -- the most notable exception being the hassle in the different library path prefixes of opengl meaning that some things don't build easily for me. Obviously that's not a complex issue really, but maintaining my own private port of the relevant complex application was a big pain.</div><div><br></div><div>What I'm really grateful is the fantastic support OSX provides for open source development and applications. I use approximately 50-70% FOSS applications in my general work. While I could probably find my way clear to the same endpoint on Windows, it would be a huge amount of trouble to do so. I haven't really got anything against it, I just find it less efficient for achieving work.</div><div><br></div><div>While I support open source and Linux as a key part of the ecosystem, I don't think it should be 'beyond competition' from commercial and/or closed-source packages. I appreciate innovation and progress wherever it comes from, and I think we world is slowly figuring out the right way to support an ecosystem with multiple kinds of software heritage.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 January 2016 at 19:36, Andrew Pam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:xanni@glasswings.com.au" target="_blank">xanni@glasswings.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 11/01/16 18:21, Anthony Towns wrote:<br>
> What we need is a good FOSS videoconferencing tool with an option to<br>
> transmit an automated Max-Headroom like version of yourself, rather than<br>
> capturing live video...<br>
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</span>It's not FOSS, but Facerig is close to the software you're looking for -<br>
you can import your own models, and it animates in realtime from webcam<br>
face capture and/or audio input: <a href="http://facerig.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">facerig.com</a><br>
<br>
Now we just need them to either open their code or someone to develop an<br>
open equivalent.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Andrew<br>
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mailto:<a href="mailto:xanni@xanadu.net">xanni@xanadu.net</a> Andrew Pam<br>
<a href="http://www.xanadu.com.au/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.xanadu.com.au/</a> Chief Scientist, Xanadu<br>
<a href="http://www.glasswings.com.au/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.glasswings.com.au/</a> Partner, Glass Wings<br>
<a href="http://www.sericyb.com.au/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.sericyb.com.au/</a> Manager, Serious Cybernetics<br>
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