The increasing commercialization of Ubuntu makes me want to Trisquelize. I
have 3 machines, with different requirements.
1. I am in the process of Trisquelizing
(https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/migrate-ubuntu-trisquel-without-reinstalling)
my Acer Aspire one netbook. It contains no crucial ongoing work, so I can
experiment. I *think* I spelled the "trisquel mini" EDITION correctly, and I
*think* I chose the right FSF MIRROR in the USA (there are two listed at
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/mirroring-trisquel). I got mixed up about
VERSION, and I'm in the middle of updating Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal to
Trisquel Toutatis, which corresponds to Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. Oops.
Dunno what will happen, but that's why I'm starting with the least essential
machine.
2. I also have an obsolete desktop running a hobbyist-level LAMP server on
ubuntu-server. I'm looking for shared hosting, so I may trash that one
without Trisquelizing.
3. The important one: Lenovo ThinkPad T420 laptop, running KXstudio software
from a PPA (https://launchpad.net/~kxstudio-team/+archive/ppa) over Ubuntu
Studio (http://ubuntustudio.org/) on Xubuntu with the low latency kernel. Low
latency and Xfce are important to avoid audio glitches (bad experience with
alternatives). This allows me to do live DJ stuff with Mixxx
(http://mixxx.org/) to people on 3d Rock Grid
(http://3rdrockgrid.com/index.php), which I get at with the Imprudence viewer
(http://wiki.kokuaviewer.org/wiki/Main_Page). AND, to get worthwhile graphics
performance, I need to run the alternate Nvidia graphics chip, using optirun
from the Bumblebee project (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee).
So, I'm a bit nervous. When I read up on linux-libre kernel, I notice a
real-time version, but not the low-latency one that I'm using now.
So, although I expect I'll have to slog it through mostly on my own (and I'll
report the results), any relevant experience/observations will be very
welcome.
Mike O'Donnell
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