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1 <H1>The history of Cinelerra
2 </H1><P>
6 A long time ago there was a heroine who didn't belong but through the
7 power of a magic slipper briefly joined the ranks of the accepted
8 majority. Cinelerra was opposed by almost every Linux user at the time
9 of its inception. Windows is a general purpose computing platform.
10 Users are supposed to install their own software on it and use it for
11 more than one complicated task. Linux is not a general purpose
12 computing platform. Linux is far more suited for a single, very simple
13 task and preconfiguration in dedicated hardware.<P>
15 Cinelerra, however, is designed to run on Linux and in a general
16 purpose, windowed environment with other programs. For most users this
17 is heresy but a small number of users may still find Cinelerra useful.