Tim Moynihan

(LinuxWorld) — If you're interested in making movies and you're alive right now, congratulations. With the advent of digital video and easy-to-use video-editing software, it's easier and more affordable than ever to shoot, edit and add effects to video. But how does Linux figure into the digital-video revolution? Until a few weeks ago, the Mac OS was the only thing that popped into my mind when I thought about digital-video-editing on a desktop computer, and with good reason. Apple's iMovie 2 application is the most intuitive and easy-to-use video-editing program for consumers that I had ever seen, and on the professional end of the digital-video-editing spectrum, Apple's Final Cut Pro 3 (FCP) is rapidly becoming the industry standard. Furthermore, Apple's "Plug-and-Play" mantra and seamless support for the lightning-quick data-transfer standard known as FireWi... (more)

Linux.SYS-CON.com's top stories of 2002

(Linux.SYS-CON.com) — The Linux.SYS-CON.com offices are in San Francisco, a city in which you risk being punched in the throat if anyone catches you pitching a glass bottle into the garbage can rather than the recycling bin. Maybe we're taking the whole recycling thing too far, but the Linux.SYS-CON.com editors decided to do a little archive-diving for the most interesting, popular, controversial and recyclable Linux stories of 2002. As a year-end treat, we've posted our list of standout stories here and added a few insights from the authors, as well. Stories regarding T... (more)

MainActor delivers but needs a better supporting cast

(LinuxWorld) — If you're interested in making movies and you're alive right now, congratulations. With the advent of digital video and easy-to-use video-editing software, it's easier and more affordable than ever to shoot, edit and add effects to video. But how does Linux figure into the digital-video revolution? Until a few weeks ago, the Mac OS was the only thing that popped into my mind when I thought about digital-video-editing on a desktop computer, and with good reason. Apple's iMovie 2 application is the most intuitive and easy-to-use video-editing program for consum... (more)