But don't get me wrong, like any 3D development environment, Blender is very intensive and getting comfortable with the control keys takes quite a bit of time. Blender is so full of options you could probably spend years setting them to memory and still be learning things you never new about the physics of light, shading and color all at the same time.
However, if you are interested in giving it a try I wouldn't be too intimidated as long as your the kind of person who could put together a little 3D model or spend a day or two following one of those "How to Draw" books, then I would say that you could give Blender a try. There are a plethora of step by step Blender tutorials online starting from the most basics of making a snowman, and up to the most advanced of making an interactive 3D game.
I've had a ton of fun playing with Blender and it has been officially added to the list of softwares which I use and support regularly. Blender's home page is here:
http://wwww.blender.orgOne drawback of G.ho.st, understandably, is that it requires a relatively fast internet connection. I often had problems logging in and getting things moving when I was in China on a slow connection. After upgrading my connection I was able to log in but still had issues with speed. I would recommend at least a cable connection or higher for a G.ho.st user.
G.ho.st has a very attractive, or at least to say, a very well designed desktop environment. There is a start menu which gives access to all kinds of online software ranging from mp3 players to office tools. There's also a slew of fun little games and widgets to play with on your desktop.
On of the best features might be the 5 Gigabytes of free space which is granted for free. You can upload everything from your business documents to your favorite mp3s and use them through the web browser with the free online software provided by G.ho.st. This also includes a ton of email space which comes with your free name@g.ho.st email address.
If you're interested, why not go give it a try at:
http://g.ho.stWhen you boot into Puppy it'll ask you 3 questions before the operating system starts:
1 what type of mouse are you using
2 what language do you want
3 what type of graphics engine do you want to use.
You can probably just hit <enter>, <enter>, <enter> for all of these options, because the default choices all look good. I've never seen a Live CD boot so fast, it's amazing.
The interface is attractive IMO, it provides a beautiful background and the windows look and behave in a way which I can appreciate for their minimalism and functionality, in other words it has a very intelligent "look and feel" as we call it.
The desktop is full of icons with all types of needed software for media, office, networking, and the like. And there is not one type of application that takes more than 1 second to be up and running, everything behaves in a simple click-boom-go manner. There is a button on the desktop to install. You can click this and do an easy install to a flash disk, external drive, or whatever you want. If you have a 200Gb external drive you could travel the world with your Operating System in your pocket including your favorite mp3s, movies, and with your personal settings and software all ready to go.
To learn more about Puppy linux and get it for yourself please go here
www.puppylinux.org
