Linux

[BrewStew]

I know this is really geeky and extremely off topic (i'm good at that aint i? :lol:)

being an avid Ubuntu fan for it's ease of use and maintenance, and a bit of a fan of media editing including 3D stuff, and graphics, and music creation (i used to use FL Studio on Windoze) i'm thinking of switching to Ubuntu Studio as it's now available in 64 bit.

has anyone tried it? or know of anyone that uses it?

reason i ask is i've found some software called Rosegarden. the free linux version of FL studio, but i cannot get JACK to play ball with the ubuntu server installation i've currently got . i chose ubuntu server 2 years ago as that was the only flavour of ubuntu that support 64 bit at the time, and now i think it's time to switch.

 

[Frisp]

I havnt a scooby what you just said..... Sounds awfly clever.....
Is an Ubuntu fan some kind of African ceremonial air wafter

Windoze

Rosegarden

free linux

i cannot get JACK to play ball

I get it you are creating codewords for bond in the next movie
I bet there is a scene where Bond wanders into a seedy bar and tries to identify his contact by uttering the agreed code

i cannot get JACK to play ball

:)

 

[Wez]

For The Homebrew Forum awards ceremony at the end of the year, I nominate Frisp for the best posts ever!

:rofl:

 

[BrewStew]

:rofl:

 

[EskiBrew]

:lol:
Ubuntu rules :party:
I run Ubuntu server at our local community centre and Ubuntu desktop in my shed - yes I know I know - it controls my CNC milling machine :party:

Can't help you with your question though I'm afraid :lol:

 

[BrewStew]

yay a fellow Ubuntian :party:

never mind... someone on here's got to be as geeky as us :lol:

 

[EskiBrew]

yay a fellow Ubuntian :party:

never mind... someone on here's got to be as geeky as us :lol:

:ugeek: :lol:

 

[Aleman]

Debian here :ugeek:

And on the Brewery Laptop . . . and the Brewery PC :hmm: :ugeek: :ugeek: :ugeek:

 

[BrewStew]

Ubuntu's a debian flavour, so i guess your hardcore :geek: :lol:

 

[Smod]

Linux Mint for me.

Been running Cassandra, and Daryna Gnome for nearly two years. Also the XFCE version.

Better than any other I've ever tried with more working out of the box. Previously used Freespire before that when I'd had enough of XP crashing and going slow.

Highly recommend Linux to anyone. Gave my mate an old PC, installed Xubuntu and he's not had any problems in over a year and he's not a computer buff.

I'm not overly proficient so would like to call on some help sometimes if I could.

 

[BrewStew]

i got Xubuntu running on my Xbox 1 thats only got 64mb ram :shock: :grin:

the XFCE gui is the dogs danglies for slower or more hardware crippled computers... also great for thin clients! :thumb:

the debian range, especially ubuntu i've found flawless for laptops too... i used to have so much trouble getting linux on laptops until ubuntu came to be.

can help where i can mate, but failing that i'll be referring you to the linux forums which is where i tend to bury my head when something peculiar pops up (though not often)

 

[EskiBrew]

Anyone here got an Acer Aspire One? - It's a small notebook for about 200 quid with either 8GB SSD or 120GB HDD running Linpus Linux apparently.

 

[BrewStew]

haven't got one but have had a go with one that was being demo'd in a shop locally.

they seem to be being marketted as lappy's ideal for kids at school.

while the way they've made Fedora look does seem intuitive for a 5 year old, for anything more than just writing documents it's utter pants. and lets be fair, most kids older than 5 will be wanting to put games on them... but if you're the kind of parent that wants some reassurance that they wont be playing games and actually doing their work, it's pretty snazzy and inexpensive if/when they break it.

though there is the problem of "but daddy, my friends laptop can do this, and this and that, why cant mine?"

i've thought about this when my littlern is old enough to handle a laptop and decided i'll be getting him a cheap lappy, capable of games, but will custom build an XFCE gui to make it easier for him, and as he grows and gets more adept, unlock more features to him. at least that way i know the little git wont get smart and hack his way around it and install things he shouldn't :lol: there is of course the ability to write my own scripts that let him play games for a certain amount of hours a day, to make sure he's doing his homework and not dossing :lol:

edit - oh and dont go for the SSD version... it's painfully slow!

 

[EskiBrew]

at least that way i know the little git wont get smart and hack his way around it and install things he shouldn't :lol:

Until the day comes when he knows more than his daddy :ugeek:

 

[BrewStew]

hahahaha and on that day he'll get my old amiga 1200 with an 060 blizzard so he's got *just* enough power to look at a webpage :rofl:

 

[EskiBrew]

:lol: :lol:

 

[Oggys Bar]

:lol:
Ubuntu rules :party:
it controls my CNC milling machine :party:
d :lol:

Wow...You got a CNC milling machine... :mrgreen:

 

[EskiBrew]

:lol:
Ubuntu rules :party:
it controls my CNC milling machine :party:
d :lol:

Wow...You got a CNC milling machine... :mrgreen:

Hmmm - Very lucky aren't I It didn't have any of the electronics gubbins but I am slowly getting it going - can now control all 3 axis but have not yet had the spindle run up because I haven't mounted the spindle motor speed controller board yet

 

[Frisp]

Sorry my brain is in turmoil
You guys are speaking in Ubuntu and palying with some small penguin at an Uber Geek level. Which is an indication to me of much intelligence and a strong grip on things technical.
Then how come pouring water on a few grains causes so much discussion? :)

 

[BrewStew]

when you get that spindle running, i'll be sending you a block of aluminium and a 3D cad file of a top fuel dragster V8 Engine EB

i guess it's the sciencey bit that interests me :ugeek: about brewing. it's one massive chemistry experiment with alcohol as a by-product, but what a by-product