Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:26:20 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:09:44 +0200, ttoine wrote: >>Which one is better? > >Are Windows, MacOS and iOS used by more or less satisfied users than >Linux is ;)? This should read Are Windows, MacOS and iOS used by more or less satisfied

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:09:44 +0200, ttoine wrote: >Which one is better? Are Windows, MacOS and iOS used by more or less satisfied users than Linux is ;)? -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-27 Thread ttoine
That's all those issues with IRQ and PC design that made me think in the past to start a PC brand. Having a laptop with integrated 96khz would be awesome to open some projects "on the road" without the need to have the usual external device connected. However, I never found someone skilled enough

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-26 Thread Len Ovens
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018, ttoine wrote: > After all, the point is to be able to install an optimised system without spending a lot of time searching for all the software, plugins and configurations You can do that with some metapackages, scripts, or even a tutorial. Does that justify the work

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-26 Thread Len Ovens
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018, Alexandru Băluț wrote: People from Jack, PulseAudio, GStreamer, GNOME, KDE will meet at the end of October for a hackfest about improving the Linux audio situation. If successful, it seems this will make distributions focused on audio less relevant. There is only one

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-26 Thread Otávio Soares
Em 21 de set de 2018 13:55, "Erich Eickmeyer" escreveu: > Hi everybody, > > As many of you know, Eylul stepped-down from the core leadership of > Ubuntu Studio on Saturday. With Eylul's departure, we lost one of our > key developers. She had planned on stepping-down, so this was not > completely

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-26 Thread ttoine
> To join forces may also be a good idea, but how that could work out, I don't know Not sure how. Projects I know: - 64 Studio https://64studio.com/ , no distro anymore, but now a service company - Ubuntu Studio - AVLinux http://www.bandshed.net/avlinux/ with an active dedicated forum -

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-26 Thread Thomas Pfundt
Hi Antoine, On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 2:44 PM, ttoine wrote: >> After all, the point is to be able to install an optimised system without >> spending a lot of time searching for all the software, plugins and >> configurations > > You can do that with some metapackages, scripts, or even

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-26 Thread ttoine
> After all, the point is to be able to install an optimised system without spending a lot of time searching for all the software, plugins and configurations You can do that with some metapackages, scripts, or even a tutorial. Does that justify the work and energy to maintain a distribution?

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-26 Thread Thomas Pfundt
Hi Alexandru, Original Message On 26 Sep 2018, 09:48, Alexandru Băluț wrote: > People from Jack, PulseAudio, GStreamer, GNOME, KDE > will meet at the end of October for a hackfest about > improving the Linux audio situation. If successful, > it seems this will make distributions

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-26 Thread Alexandru Băluț
On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 04:45, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 16:09:33 -0700, Hank Stanglow wrote: > >growing emphasis on Snaps > > It's just a growing hype from a minority of Ubuntu developers > involved in snap development. > > "Search thousands of snaps used by millions of people

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-23 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 16:09:33 -0700, Hank Stanglow wrote: >growing emphasis on Snaps It's just a growing hype from a minority of Ubuntu developers involved in snap development. "Search thousands of snaps used by millions of people across 50 Linux distributions" https://snapcraft.io/store

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-23 Thread Hank Stanglow
Hi. I have been following Ubuntu Studio since 2011 and it holds a special place in my heart. I am sad to see development slow down, but I also feel like changes in the way software is packaged and distributed made this inevitable. I stopped using Ubuntu Studio a couple years ago for a few

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-23 Thread Thomas Pfundt
Hi Erich and everyone else reading, -‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, September 21, 2018 5:55 PM, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: > My proposal is to keep Ubuntu Studio's ISO as Xfce, but to develop > metapackages that bolt Ubuntu Studio on to an existing install of > another flavor. I'm going

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-23 Thread Len Ovens
On Sun, 23 Sep 2018, ttoine wrote: involved (MOTU and other people like that for Ubuntu). More, in some open source projects, only committers can vote on strategic decisions, and it's bad when they ignore theirs users or don't understand a specific emerging use of their project. That's why

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-23 Thread Erich Eickmeyer
Hi Ross, On 9/21/2018 2:03 PM, Ross Gammon wrote: > Hi Erich, On 09/21/2018 05:55 PM, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: >> Hi everybody, As many of you know, Eylul stepped-down from the core >> leadership of Ubuntu Studio on Saturday. With Eylul's departure, we >> lost one of our key developers. She had

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-23 Thread ttoine
Erich, Thank you for your message. Reading it hurts a bit, but I agree with you on most points. That's actually a common issue in open source: if you have a team with project manager, UX designer, documentation writer, or beta testers, at some point, your project can't exist if there is no coder,

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-21 Thread Ross Gammon
Hi Erich, On 09/21/2018 05:55 PM, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: > Hi everybody, > > As many of you know, Eylul stepped-down from the core leadership of > Ubuntu Studio on Saturday. With Eylul's departure, we lost one of our > key developers. She had planned on stepping-down, so this was not >

[ubuntu-studio-devel] Some thoughts, frustrations, and considerations.

2018-09-21 Thread Erich Eickmeyer
Hi everybody, As many of you know, Eylul stepped-down from the core leadership of Ubuntu Studio on Saturday. With Eylul's departure, we lost one of our key developers. She had planned on stepping-down, so this was not completely unforseen, and she isn't the only one who wishes to depart. He can