#fedora-flock-openqa: Thoughts on Fedora and Arts - Speaker: Sylvia Sanchez (lailah / Kohane)

Meeting summary

1. 1. https://flock2016.sched.org/event/76n8/thoughts-on-fedora-and-arts (jflory7, 14:40:11)
   
   
2. What is a designer? (jflory7, 14:40:20)
   1. Can be: graphic designer, publicist, web designer, illustrator, artist, photographer (jflory7, 14:40:44)
   
   
3. Needs and workflow (jflory7, 14:42:48)
   1. As a designer, sometimes working on a deadline or working towards a specific objective (jflory7, 14:43:40)
   2. Portfolios are important part of establishing self as an artist - use different tools to create their resources, e.g. portfolio (jflory7, 14:44:19)
   3. === On resources === (jflory7, 14:44:59)
   4. Do we need so much hardware? How much is too little? (jflory7, 14:45:09)
   5. Being mindful of health is important as well with regards to vision care (jflory7, 14:46:19)
   
   
4. Reasons for using open source software for design workflow (jflory7, 14:47:44)
   1. === Technical reasons === (jflory7, 14:47:49)
   2. Better resource management (jflory7, 14:47:53)
   3. Latest features and software (jflory7, 14:48:21)
   4. Many tools and environments to choose from (jflory7, 14:49:02)
   5. === Non-technical reasons === (jflory7, 14:49:22)
   6. Free / open source software (jflory7, 14:49:28)
   7. Great community (jflory7, 14:49:36)
   8. Thorough documentation (jflory7, 14:49:40)
   9. Communities of support for the software to help you work through issues (e.g. IRC, mailing lists, etc.) (jflory7, 14:49:55)
   
   
5. Other branches of art (jflory7, 14:50:10)
   1. Examples: Writers, film makers, musicians (jflory7, 14:50:18)
   2. With platforms like Fedora, expands the options for music production with free software without having to prohibit creative freedom due to costs or other challenges (jflory7, 14:51:35)
   
   
6. Conclusions (jflory7, 14:52:24)
   1. Fedora is awesome! (jflory7, 14:52:29)
   2. Open source design programs are high quality and can be used to create a powerful workflow as a designer (jflory7, 14:52:49)
   3. It's not the future, and it's happening right now, such as in projects like Fedora (jflory7, 14:53:00)
   4. Audience: Comments on popular tooling, mention of FocusWriter, good utility for writing that helps you focus in your own workflow and enhance your writing (jflory7, 14:55:21)
   5. Q: "What would you like to see improved in Fedora as a designer?" (jflory7, 14:57:11)
   6. A: Thinking about other kinds of challenges or difficulties limited to hardware, particularly for those using older hardware, battery life, and other optimizations; program variety helps so having the tools available to be alternatives to popular proprietary tools is helpful. For me, Fedora is mostly perfect as it is. (jflory7, 14:58:33)

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