Holosynthetic

keyframe

I figured I'd make it hard on myself

Why would you wanna do that?

A lot of the job postings within the visual effects industry prefer Linux knowledge. I figure it would be better to learn now than wait till a later point. Also I am building my first computer after being OSX based for quite some time. I would rather invest time in Linux than have to install windows, even though I picked up a copy to handle legacy software that I own.

SYmek
Unquestionably Linux, preferably x64, advisably gcc 4.2.

The gcc 4.2 build says the Debian distro, is this compatible with openSUSE as well? while I ask this, are all linux builds interchangeably compatible with one another?

keyframe
Last thing you need to add to the complex task of learning houdini, is another complex task of becoming a linux admin.

I figured I'd make it hard on myself and learn everything at once instead of baby steps, I have to put up or shut up.

I'm trying to determine which operating system Houdini performs best under. I know it has been running on Windows and Linux the longest, so those are pretty much the contenders. Does anyone know?

I purchased a copy of winXP SP3 32bit to remain compatible with my old copy of 3ds max 6 w/ brazil, but I was very interested in moving to openSUSE 64bit.

Between WinXP64 and openSUSE 64, any guesses?