Dear Alejandro & other interested would-be workers with RR & Linux,
I recorded all my sound files on a Mac Mini running Mac OS 10.4 - the reason I do things this way is that all my other computers HUM and spoil my recordings. The Ubuntu boxes I'm working with are Pentium 3's that do not have network cards - cheap by Western standards, but weighing in at the equivalent of the average monthly salary each, here in Bulgaria. Owing to the lack of network cards installing software that is not bundled on the Distro CD is such a pain I'm just not doing it (mind you I did spend a horrible Saturday "doing" xanim on one of them). SO - I have 2 'beefs': 1. How 'seamless' transfer of RR stacks really is - and, pictorially (GIFS, animated GIFS) everything is completely seamless soundwise - not very seamless - and the seams require quite a bit of fancy sewing 2. Ubuntu's sound system (and Ubuntu is based on unstable Debian) AND - the obvious thing - how RR and Ubuntu work together. I have a fantasy - which I would like to believe is not entirely daft - that there should be at least one programming suite 'out there' (and, why not let it be MC/RR after all) that will allow me to program on a Macintosh computer and then deploy on any platform I choose. MC/RR comes very near indeed (except RISC OS). I would like my language school to be a demonstration to Bulgarian educators that there are alternatives to pirate versions of Windows and programs written in retro-style Visual Basic. As Linux (specifically Ubuntu) has been adopted by the goverment of Macedonia there is a lot of interest in Linux here - plus, the Bulgarian government have pointed out that if they can transfer to an Open Source OS they would have money to invest in a programming suite (eg. MC/RR) to foster the development of in-house educational software. I, personally, would love to PUSH Runtime Revolution coupled with Ubuntu. I have tried both embedded AIF files and free-standing ones - they both play at double speed As to creating Multimedia elements inside Linux - just at present I am working flat-out at plastering a classroom, installing electrical sockets, and authoring the first month's programs - so, unfortunately, that will either have to wait, or a better person than me will have to try it. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __________________________________________________ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html _______________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------- The Think Different Store http://www.thinkdifferentstore.com/ For All Your Mac Gear --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
