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#fedora-flock-openqa: Thoughts on Fedora and Arts - Speaker: Sylvia Sanchez (lailah / Kohane)
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Meeting started by jflory7 at 14:39:59 UTC. The full logs are available
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Meeting summary
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* LINK:
  https://flock2016.sched.org/event/76n8/thoughts-on-fedora-and-arts
  (jflory7, 14:40:11)
* What is a designer?  (jflory7, 14:40:20)
  * Can be: graphic designer, publicist, web designer, illustrator,
    artist, photographer  (jflory7, 14:40:44)

* Needs and workflow  (jflory7, 14:42:48)
  * As a designer, sometimes working on a deadline or working towards a
    specific objective  (jflory7, 14:43:40)
  * Portfolios are important part of establishing self as an artist -
    use different tools to create their resources, e.g. portfolio
    (jflory7, 14:44:19)
  * === On resources ===  (jflory7, 14:44:59)
  * Do we need so much hardware? How much is too little?  (jflory7,
    14:45:09)
  * Being mindful of health is important as well with regards to vision
    care  (jflory7, 14:46:19)

* Reasons for using open source software for design workflow  (jflory7,
  14:47:44)
  * === Technical reasons ===  (jflory7, 14:47:49)
  * Better resource management  (jflory7, 14:47:53)
  * Latest features and software  (jflory7, 14:48:21)
  * Many tools and environments to choose from  (jflory7, 14:49:02)
  * === Non-technical reasons ===  (jflory7, 14:49:22)
  * Free / open source software  (jflory7, 14:49:28)
  * Great community  (jflory7, 14:49:36)
  * Thorough documentation  (jflory7, 14:49:40)
  * Communities of support for the software to help you work through
    issues (e.g. IRC, mailing lists, etc.)  (jflory7, 14:49:55)

* Other branches of art  (jflory7, 14:50:10)
  * Examples: Writers, film makers, musicians  (jflory7, 14:50:18)
  * 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)

* Conclusions  (jflory7, 14:52:24)
  * Fedora is awesome!  (jflory7, 14:52:29)
  * Open source design programs are high quality and can be used to
    create a powerful workflow as a designer  (jflory7, 14:52:49)
  * It's not the future, and it's happening right now, such as in
    projects like Fedora  (jflory7, 14:53:00)
  * 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)
  * Q: "What would you like to see improved in Fedora as a designer?"
    (jflory7, 14:57:11)
  * 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)

Meeting ended at 14:58:43 UTC.




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