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Ubuntu Studio Announced
lukeknipe writes "Ubuntu has set up a page for the April release of the Ubuntu Studio. An ambitious project, it is described by Ubuntu as a 'multimedia editing flavor of Ubuntu for the Linux audio, video, and graphic enthusiast or professional who is already familiar with the Ubuntu-Gnome environment.' They've set up an Ubuntu Studios Wiki for the project, and their stated goal is to have a the package ready for use in time for 'Feisty Fawn'."
Quite frankly this is still horrribly poor compared to windows. Of course people could do good work with any tools, and I also hope that Linux may accept standart softares and synths (because ZASFX has a nice sound and all, but it CANNOT replace Z3ta, Reaktor4, Albino, Sytrus, Vanguard Vaz etc etc... What about drumboxes ? are Attack or at least tonic available ? Its possible to limit ones tools in a creative streak, but it isn't possible to say that Synths aren't lacking because there is WOOWOWOW ZynaddsubFX.
And of course all of these are things you could have done with Win 95 (minus whatever recent hardware that's came into style now).
BTW, DOS's cakewalk could dump/track midi traffic just fine (it's what it did, hell... we used midi to generate sound effects for the game Red Baron) in 199something... Linux just catching up?
The moment you mentioned "writting your own tool" lost alot of people you know, most of use want to make music, not programs. (and sure as hell don't need programs to manipulate our music)
That is why there are hundreds of linux distros.
Since there is no money involved, it's all about the satisfaction you get. And it's much more satifying to have your own project, rather than contributing to somebody else's project.
So every snot-nosed kid does some somthing like: throw every multi-media app they can find on an established linux distro, then they have their own new "multi-media" distro. Or throw every security related app they can find on another distro, and then they have a special "security" distro. And here on slashdot, everybody makes a big fuss over it, like it's something revolutionary.
IMHO: throwing apps on another distro does not justify yet another linux distro. Also, IMHO, apps that work on any version of linux, are not special features. But, in the insane linux distro land, that is what most distros are all about. Look at the "feature" list of most distros to find "OpenOffice" or whatever.
That is why I use debian. 180mb network download, then only download what you want. Make it a super-stable server, or a bleeding edge desktop, or a multi-media whatever. And you need only download and install it once. Use whatever WM/DE you want, or don't use any, debian doesn't case. You don't have a different *buntu distro for a different distro.
All JMHO.
Or just use Windows or OSX like everyone else so you can get actually get some work done.
Irina Romanov