Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-03 Thread eylul
One of the biggest advantages of moving to mate would be being able to use (and possibly adapt) the software center. Also it could help us dodge the issues with menus. (hopefully? maybe?) It also seems that we have people here who are also active on that side of the project which is good! :) I

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-03 Thread Thomas Pfundt
Hi everyone, regarding the get-together: I've had great experiences in past projects with regular, weekly meetings to discuss progress, issues, ask questions or even just talk a little off-topic, if IRC allows for this. I'll just suggest now that we schedule a meeting every Sunday at 19:00

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 16:09:24 -0700, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: >My proposal would be to move from Xfce to MATE Ubuntu Mate is pretty good these days. It's the distro and desktop environment I would recommend to users who want something working OOTB for mailing, browsing and office work and who don't

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-02 Thread lukefromdc
Moving to MATE would be a great idea., would in my judgement go a long way to restore the UbuntuStudio of old. Rather close in fact to what ended up doing with Debian, with my video and audio programs running over MATE (which I am a developer at these days) and my updated forks of the old GTK and

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-02 Thread Len Ovens
On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: I had started to mangle ubuntustudio-controls in a way that I thought would work best for beginners. It allowed using a USB mic (one of the most common causes of problems these days) by just plugging it in. It handles hot plugged USB audio devices as

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-02 Thread Erich Eickmeyer
Hi Len, > On Apr 2, 2018, at 1:22 PM, Len Ovens wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, Thomas Pfundt wrote: > >> On April 2, 2018 1:15 PM, Set Hallstrom wrote: >>> if you feel you want to set-up a meeting you should feel free to go ahead >>> and do so by

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 13:22:05 -0700 (PDT), Len Ovens wrote: >I am picky and don't use qjackctl for anything other the connections >window. I have my own script that does what I happen to want. For usage with scripts a good tool is https://packages.ubuntu.com/artful/aj-snapshot , however at some

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-02 Thread Len Ovens
On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, Thomas Pfundt wrote: On April 2, 2018 1:15 PM, Set Hallstrom wrote: if you feel you want to set-up a meeting you should feel free to go ahead and do so by inviting everyone to attend on a given date in a given chat room. :) I have no problem with

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-02 Thread Thomas Pfundt
On April 2, 2018 1:15 PM, Set Hallstrom wrote: > if you feel you want to set-up a meeting you should feel > free to go ahead and do so by inviting everyone to attend on a given > date in a given chat room. :) I have no problem with setting up a meeting, but I don't

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-02 Thread Erich Eickmeyer
> On Apr 2, 2018, at 4:15 AM, Set Hallstrom wrote: > > Hi Thomas! Good to read you :) > > On 2018-04-01 15:02, Thomas Pfundt wrote: >> Hi Set and all others, >> >> on the general topic: Back in February when Ross Gammon asked for >> help with the 16.04.4 ISO-testing, he

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-02 Thread Set Hallstrom
Hi Thomas! Good to read you :) On 2018-04-01 15:02, Thomas Pfundt wrote: > Hi Set and all others, > > on the general topic: Back in February when Ross Gammon asked for > help with the 16.04.4 ISO-testing, he also mentioned the possible > formation of a new project council. Two other members of

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-04-01 Thread Thomas Pfundt
Hi Set and all others, on the general topic: Back in February when Ross Gammon asked for help with the 16.04.4 ISO-testing, he also mentioned the possible formation of a new project council. Two other members of the mailing list and I have already offered our assistance in our own respective

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-03-29 Thread Erich Eickmeyer
> On Mar 29, 2018, at 6:15 AM, Set Hallstrom wrote: > > On 2018-03-29 15:11, Set Hallstrom wrote: >> Hi, > > PS. > Sorry for top-posting, i've lost my hand in the good habits of the > mailing-list game. I'll work on it. > > -- > Set Hallstrom aka sakrecoer > > -- >

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-03-29 Thread Set Hallstrom
On 2018-03-29 15:11, Set Hallstrom wrote: > Hi, PS. Sorry for top-posting, i've lost my hand in the good habits of the mailing-list game. I'll work on it. -- Set Hallstrom aka sakrecoer signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-03-29 Thread Set Hallstrom
Hi, Yes, the social media could need more love. cfhowlet used to do a good job with it. But his time is also limited. Managing the socialmedia is very time consuming and requires fairly quick response. And then there is creating content to have something to post.. However, i can't even begin to

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-03-28 Thread Erich Eickmeyer
I have a lot of ideas to help revitalize Ubuntu Studio, but I’m, unfortunately, not the one with the keys to the social media sites. Alan Pope of Canonical is now aware that I’m on the project, and maybe we’ll see where things go from there. As for the social media accounts, I don’t even know

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] US still alive !

2018-03-28 Thread lukefromdc
What is probably going on is that linux users are installing the base system, then using online search tools to find what programs they need for their workflow and installing those programs.. On 3/28/2018 at 12:22 PM, pc...@laposte.net wrote: > >"That is something I hope to rectify. Since I have