Re: [PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-19 Thread Tomato Thaumato
This e-mail maybe be coming a little late, but just wanted to add my two cents, maybe for future list searchers. I'm running Ubuntu Studio now, but have run vanilla Ubuntu as well and didn't really notice a performance difference. I DID like having lots of audio things preinstalled...I didn't

Re: [PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-04 Thread Patrice Colet
Hi, The great advantage of using linux is that we can have a choice of installed applications. If there are many computers to setup and if ubuntustudio is compatible with all the computers, the gain of installing time would be so relevant. On a single computer, I don't see the point of

Re: [PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-04 Thread altern
PSPunch(e)k dio: What do you think might be the better approach, to use ubuntu normal, or ubuntustudio? Roman told me that for a while there's no big difference, because the -rt kernel comes with ubuntu. Is ubuntustudio more than a bundle of software with nice backgrounds? (Note: I'll

Re: [PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-04 Thread João Pais
I will try it at some point, just don't know yet how long it will take. If something doesn't work, you'll get a whining mail for sure. 2009/1/4 Roman Haefeli reduzie...@yahoo.de On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 13:39 +0100, João Pais wrote: btw, I also wanted to use the rme hdsp card on my desktop

Re: [PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-04 Thread Chris McCormick
On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 01:38:58PM +0100, João Pais wrote: Another note: what window managers do you advise? I find the simple, low-cal approach of fluxbox / enlightenment better as the sugar-puffed gnome etc. Any remarks against using any of these? By the way, one of the things that

Re: [PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-04 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 13:39 +0100, João Pais wrote: btw, I also wanted to use the rme hdsp card on my desktop - must just get a pci-pcmcia adapter. Does any of you has anything to warn against this? a quick search showed me, that those adapters cost only a few bucks and have support for

Re: [PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-04 Thread João Pais
thanks for your replies. I really don't have much free time (sometimes the free time is already scheduled), and am not a bash/unix guru (although I'm not that dumb). but I really don't have the time/pacience to go (again!!) to visit x forums to know why this flag gives an error while

Re: [PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-04 Thread Lukasz Jastrzebski
Hi! If you are really lazy, take Ubuntustudio with LTS (8.04). And do not change 8.04 to 8.10 (or other) untill next LTS release. Or switch to 8.10 when 9.04 will be near-ready. With normal release (not LTS) you'll get pissed off twice a year just because you'll loose your software untill someone

[PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-03 Thread João Pais
Hi, finally got internet working on my ubuntu (desktop), so I might start setting up stuff here to try to move from one system to the other. For that I would like to ask some advice, if anyone has nothing better to do. My system is: - laptop thinkpad, i386 32b - desktop thinkcentre i686 64b

Re: [PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-03 Thread PSPunch
What do you think might be the better approach, to use ubuntu normal, or ubuntustudio? Roman told me that for a while there's no big difference, because the -rt kernel comes with ubuntu. Is ubuntustudio more than a bundle of software with nice backgrounds? (Note: I'll use the same setup

Re: [PD] Ubuntu vs. ubuntustudio?

2009-01-03 Thread husk
PSPunch escribió: What do you think might be the better approach, to use ubuntu normal, or ubuntustudio? Roman told me that for a while there's no big difference, because the -rt kernel comes with ubuntu. Is ubuntustudio more than a bundle of software with nice backgrounds? (Note: I'll