(Disclaimer : I am a generalist)<br><br><br>Video Editing G5 :<br><br>Depends on what rez and what editing means to you. You want to do cut and paste, or do you want to do transitions and complex filters ? Working with small clips (possibly reduced rez) and testing your ideas and then running them in batch mode if you have the patience ? Is 480p good enough, 720, 1080 ?<br>
<br>G5 could do some of this. Linux is definitely faster for some things at least than MacOS, The more RAM the better. It don't think it would handle the 1080, not sure about the 720. <br><br><br><br>If you want to do high end editing of hd video you need a new (twin) i7 (ie quad core) with an hd video card (or two) really. The video cards really do make a big difference.<br>
<br><br>Maybe Video Editing otherwise:<br><br>From a cursory look it seemed to me that Quagga is a Frankenstein monster, with an OK motherboard. If I am correct it could be refitted with a quad core cpu and a decent video card and more ram and a RAID on the SATA (at least two drives striped in addition to the boot drive = the set up I used at home for a server), that would indeed be much more capable than the G5. <br>
<br>If we are really desparate now, why not try for both of these ? As it is now they are probably about the same as Quagga really has a weak video card but better cpu, it is somewhat fixupable but takes $$ to do it.<br>
<br><br>The Rest:<br><br>Several of the older computers I know people use in Linux study group for practice and training. The two that recently came in, this week I talked with the guy who put them together from spare parts off the hacker shelves (he said) -- he says he is studying networking in school and he wants to use them to learn how to put a cluster together -- he may have trouble due to the machines being unequal (unbalanced) but I feel that he should be welcome to try. The old P3 all in one is my current baby, the other two ancient iMacs I had some involvement with but as far as I am concerned they could be gently deposited outside hopefully put on the Free Stuff Craigs List with a time before hand they are going out, as they are attractive to some people and not broken, one has a functioning custom light ubuntu install I sweated over to get to be useable for basic stuff, and I would like if it were not trashed but I realize it is of limited use except for maybe a small child a granny or a few others (people terrified by computers)<br>
<br>Then there are the embedded systems, the robot stuff in particular, I don't know much about that. <br><br>Altogether:<br><br>Don't see how a couple more systems for projects would hurt NB !<br><br>The computers take up a lot less space than the kitchen and the other shops spaces. I sometimes feel like some of the people into those other things don't like the computer stuff...<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:01 PM, rachel lyra hospodar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rachelyra@gmail.com">rachelyra@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<p>Is that computer good enough to act as an actual, functional, video editing station? Because we do desperately need one of those.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 3, 2011 5:59 PM, "Shannon Lee" <<a href="mailto:shannon@scatter.com" target="_blank">shannon@scatter.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> It says it's broken right in the subject.<br>
> <br>> My point was to make it clear that Noisebridge is really, really not the<br>> first place you should think of when you think, "where should I take my<br>> broken computer?" unless the rest of the sentence is "so I can fix it up and<br>
> then take it home again."<br>> <br>> We regularly spend money and volunteer effort on broken computers that<br>> someone didn't want but didn't want to take responsibility for getting rid<br>> of. A broken computer is not a gift you're bestowing, it's a responsibility<br>
> you're shirking.<br>> <br>> --S<br>> <br>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Brian Morris <<a href="mailto:cymraegish@gmail.com" target="_blank">cymraegish@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>>> Apologize for not sending to the list first off. Gmail makes it awkward.<br>
>> 'borken' was careless BTW..<br>>><br>>><br>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>>> From: Brian Morris <<a href="mailto:cymraegish@gmail.com" target="_blank">cymraegish@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> Date: Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 5:47 PM<br>>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] borken iMac G5<br>>> To: Shannon Lee <<a href="mailto:shannon@scatter.com" target="_blank">shannon@scatter.com</a>><br>
>><br>>><br>
>> This offends me, feels unexcellent interpersonal relations. A G5 is not a<br>>> useless crap computer. By comparison there is only one machine at NB that is<br>>> stronger than a G5, the rest are a best half as good both in terms of speed<br>
>> and picture quality.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Shannon Lee <<a href="mailto:shannon@scatter.com" target="_blank">shannon@scatter.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>
>>> There is not a shortage of computers for hacking at Noisebridge, there is<br>
>>> a ruthless and efficient crap mafia making sure that Noisebridge doesn't<br>>>> fill up with useless broken hardware. Broken computers are not at all in<br>>>> short supply, and seriously, nobody should consider bringing their broken<br>
>>> computer to Noisebridge unless there's a specific use for it.<br>>>><br>>>> --S<br>>>><br>>>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Brian Morris <<a href="mailto:cymraegish@gmail.com" target="_blank">cymraegish@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>>><br>>>>> I vote yes. IMHO there is a shortage of computers for hacking at<br>>>>> noisebridge.<br>>>>> iMac has small footprint and is easily moved about with built-in monitor.<br>
>>>> If powersupply is bad, probably not too hard to fix that. Much better than<br>>>>> the two old G4s that are unused (one a 400mhz).<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Tymm Twillman <<a href="mailto:tymmothy@gmail.com" target="_blank">tymmothy@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>>>><br>>>>>> Friend just sent me an iMac G5 20/2.1 (FA064LL/A) that died on her, that<br>>>>>> she'd like to go to a good cause. not sure the source of problem -- and<br>>>>>> don't have time to investigate -- but it's totally dead, no signs of power.<br>
>>>>> drive's been pulled but she said everything else should be there.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> if someone wants to give it a go, i'd be happy to pass it on to<br>>>>>> Noisebridge. would like receipt (just for something to help offset her<br>
>>>>> shipping costs). faster service if someone's able to pick it up at Cesar<br>>>>>> Chavez & Pennsylvania, otherwise could be a week or 2 before i'm able to<br>>>>>> drop off.<br>
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> Shannon Lee<br>
> <a href="tel:%28503%29%20539-3700" value="+15035393700" target="_blank">(503) 539-3700</a><br>> <br>> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."<br></div>
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