oh this is awesome! thank you for the update Erich! Charlie Luna
ubuntu-california.org > On Jan 27, 2019, at 14:11, Erich Eickmeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Typo (2019) fixed. > >> On 1/27/2019 2:10 PM, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: >> Updates for January 2019 >> >> The Ubuntu Studio team has been working on some exciting things since the >> release of Ubuntu Studio 18.10 back in October, and we thought we should >> update the community on these things. >> >> Ubuntu Studio Installer >> >> In the past, the “Ubuntu Studio Metapackage Installer” has served to allow >> those that choose to install metapackages in Ubuntu Studio’s default >> Xfce-based environment after installation if they elected not to install >> those packages at install time. This will continue to exist, but will also >> serve a secondary purpose. >> >> One of the visions for Ubuntu Studio has been the ability for users of other >> Ubuntu flavors to essentially “bolt-on” Ubuntu Studio to their existing >> installation. This will be easily available for those users beginning with >> Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo. It will be a 2-step process: 1) install the >> “ubuntustudio-installer” package, and 2) Launch it and select the features >> you want. It will allow you to install any of the metapackages along with >> the “under-the-hood” performance tweaks that Ubuntu Studio includes by >> default. >> >> Application Updates >> >> Most applications are getting updated to the latest version. One to >> highlight will be the inclusion of Calf Studio Gear (Calf Plugins) 0.90.1 >> which includes many enhancements to the audio plugins, but also fixes some >> compatibility issues. >> >> Unfortuntely, a side-effect of an upstream packaging error in LMMS exposing >> the calf-ladspa plugins to the rest of the system (which was never >> intended by the developers or LMMS or Calf) is causing a conflict when those >> plugins are loaded by other DAWs such as Ardour. As such, we have had to >> temporarily remove LMMS from the daily Ubuntu Studio spins until this >> problem, which was resolved upstream in Debian, makes its way back >> downstream to Ubuntu. >> >> Also coming will be bug fixes to Ubuntu Studio Controls with improvements to >> settings persisting after reboot. >> >> Ubuntu Studio on Reddit >> >> The Ubuntu Studio subreddit has existed for some time, but recently our core >> team has gained moderation privileges to be able to revitalize it and create >> a community hub for our Ubuntu Studio community. If you’d like to join in >> that conversation, please visit https://reddit.com/r/ubuntustudio. >> >> Ubuntu Studio in the Media >> >> Our council chair, Erich Eickmeyer, was recently featured in an article on >> Forbes talking about Ubuntu Studio. Check it out! >> >> Also, Erich appeared in a couple of podcasts, including This Week in Linux >> and the Lorenzo’s Music Podcast. Erich has also been a long-time contributor >> to the LINUX Unplugged podcast and can be heard as part of the “Virtual >> Linux User Group” >> >> Want to contribute? >> >> Currently, we are looking for people to come to the #ubuntustudio IRC >> chatroom at irc.freenode.net and participate by helping people with >> technical support. We get a lot of people asking for help at times when our >> most active members, namely Erich and Len who live on the west coast of the >> United States and Canada, are asleep. So, if you can help, that would be >> wonderful. >> >> Bear in mind that you don’t have to know everything, and if you don’t know >> the answer to a question, you can direct the user to other places to get >> help. If it’s related to the desktop environment, the folks in #xubuntu can >> help if you don’t know the answer. For everything else, there’s #ubuntu. For >> specific applications there is help by those developers and communities. >> >> >> > -- > ubuntu-studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
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