Aha, the UI was in Portuguese. I thought the language depended on your login and was not hard-coded into the blog, guess not! Regarding not being able to leave a comment there, can you provide more info? I checked through all the settings and everything seems fine. You just need a Google or OpenID login.
The keyboard (YAMAHA PSR E-333) has a generic USB MIDI connection (no wave audio, just midi), it works perfectly with the usbmidi kernel module and is shown as a bidirectional MIDI device in ALSA. I can record MIDI events from the keyboard using (for example) Rosegarden and also use the keyboard as a general midi output (instead of timidity++). For someone who just started messing with this, I find it pretty cool. By the way, since ALSA is also used in Linux/ARM, I expect that it will work the same way.
I was wondering if I could actually use my phone (since it has a MHL connection) instead of a beagleboard/cubepc/raspi. The thing is I need both the HDMI and USB ports but they are both in the same connector : \
I was not planning creating one but maybe that would be cool. I'll setup something tonight then,. I'll drop the link here, maybe you guys have some good ideas.
Basically I want rosegarden and timidity to work. I didn't check yet if rosegarden can be built for ARM. Timidity can be built for ARM. Regarding the distribution, I'm going to create something dedicated using Gentoo.
Then I'll need to find a good input device. I thought about using a cheap resistive touch panel over the LCD. But maybe that's not the best. A mouse is out of the question.
I am considering purchasing one to make it some sorts if midi station connected to my piano keyboard. I already have a laptop LCD screen in place of the partiture, so this is just the last piece of the cake.
What part of "using another completely different OS." didn't you understood?:P
I completely "understanded" [sic] exactly what you said,
I see what you did there:)
and you confirmed what I presumed, that at least *most* of your "powerful skills" (super elite k00l p0werful skillz) would be there on OS X too.
The kernel reference was not to make me look l33t but rather make the distinction that I could hack Linux (the kernel) but not the OSX's kernel. However I just did a quick read and now realize than Darwin's kernel was opensourced by Apple.. Still, I cannot do other goodies as getting my Linux disto to run everywhere, including my router and toaster. - LOL
right now, the problem is getting the processing power of a mid-range laptop into a tablet form factor is very expensive, or even not possible. you think that will last forever, especially considering the r&d that is going into miniaturizing components for phones and traditional tablets?
The way I see it, the problem is not really the miniaturization of components or even the available processing power. It is the energy storage technology (more specifically the maximum energy density) which is not quite on par with the power rating of our electronic devices:) But I agree with you, we have seen quite a few novel approaches right here on/. Maybe...
The pro is a regular PC which comes with comes with an uncrippled version of windows 8 and can have other operating systems installed if you with.
That is interesting, did not know that. I thought all of them were Windows RT. Well, with the prices down, one day if I ever find the need to get a tablet, I'll also consider the surface pro, given that Linux is supported well enough on it. : )
Besides that, I developed powerful skills by using GNU/Linux which would be lost by using another completely different OS.
What "powerful skills"? Obviously this won't convince you, but I *presume* you're talking about CLI stuff like scripting/programming/regular expressions, etc. You can do all of that in Mac OS X too, with 'real UNIX' alongside the GUI.
What part of "using another completely different OS." didn't you understood?:P
OSX is similar enough I should be fine with it, even other *BSD flavors. By powerful skills, yes I was referring to CLI, scripting, etc.. AND also being able to patch up software as required, even the kernel (yes I do have drivers and patches accepted in kernel.org, I'm not talking it out of my ass). But to be honest, I'm really tuned into Gentoo Linux - sometimes its painful to work on anything else. : ) That's why I have Gentoo boxes everywhere, at work, in the laptop, in the server, *heck* even inside the little Intel NUC at my parent's place (they love it). At some point even inside my router:P
no curiosity or interest in using latest version of Windows.
Where do you work?? Asking for a friend...
I work in a private research laboratory, the OS and development tools are up for me to choose. Though you make it sound like it is that hard to find a company which uses non-windows boxes - it is not. For example, I have plenty of friends using Linux at work, though, the most common type of job where you find Linux is software development for service systems and of course, system administration. So no, I am not living inside my own distorted reality field if that is what you are wondering.
If the surface or Windows RT were such great devices, then explain me the ridiculously low sales?
Are we talking about the device or the operating system? The device never had a market at its initial price point.
Have you used that operating system? Anytime someone makes this claim it really seems like they are just one of the 'sheep' out there just passing on someone else's misinformed judgement.
I don't need to use it to know that it isn't a OS made for me. I've been using GNU/Linux exclusively during the past 8 years and I love it. Besides that, I developed powerful skills by using GNU/Linux which would be lost by using another completely different OS. Again, I'm happy and I have absolutely no curiosity or interest in using latest version of Windows. Now I know Windows RT behaves a bit more like iOS. But then again, I don't have any tablet, and for now I do not have intentions of buying one. One day, *if* I find the need to buy one, I would probably go to Android (or the Ubuntu tablet if it ever shows up) because it is a platform that is the most compatible with GNU/Linux. I'm not going to buy a tablet only to have problems syncing contacts or even simple things as transferring files between the devices (yes, Windows Mobile I'm looking at you). I also have absolutely no interest in creating a Microsoft Live/whatever account or using any of their services.
If the surface or Windows RT were such great devices, then explain me the ridiculously low sales?
.. oh and by the way, when I say people, I'm excluding myself; because in that case I would prefer to have a single mainframe serving the entire house - but that is just me.
I've been carrying 'laptops' since you were probably in diapers. My Pro is not a laptop. It's a cleverly designed multifunction device that is a laptop, desktop and tablet all in one. It replaced a 'laptop.'
I think you are still missing the point. My Windows Mobile brick also tried to be a phone and a computer at the same time. Guess what? It was the most horrible device I ever owned. People prefer devices designed for specific functions, otherwise we wouldn't have stereos, tv's, dvd players, etc.. We would just have a single computer.
There are cases where you can merge functionality (for example mp3 players into smartphones [1]) but NOT in the Surface Pro's case.
I've done it and know that nobody but a few physics journals is going to accept a.tex file.
You are so wrong. Pretty much all conferences in diverse domains of Informatics and Computer Science (at least sponsored by IEEE and SPIE) provide a template.tex file. Contrary to what you say, you submit the compiled pdf file to peer review, not the tex. And so you know, I can tell the difference from a pdf produced with (eg. latexpdf) from one produced with Microsoft Word; the one produced with latex has a clear superior quality (substantially more polished). Not only that, often people writing research papers with Microsoft Word seem unaware about vectorial graphics formats because they use raster images all the times, giving result to crappy plots which you can't even zoom without getting abusive pixelation and blocking effects from JPEG compression. Maybe Word compresses the images using JPEG by default, idk.
I, personally, think that one of the best ways that I could get better is to contribute to OSS projects.
While I'm no OSS guru, I certainly have my share of OSS contributions. I can personally tell you that collaborating with all sorts of people and projects is very educating.
However, I can't lie, reading stories about the abusiveness of the community is a huge turn off. Now, I realize that I am probably not one of those people who 'should know better,' and I realize that really extraordinary outbursts are rare (which is why they get reported on, obviously), but I still have enormous trepidation about joining the OSS community. I feel I may have talent and ideas to contribute, but when I see stories about the way that people get treated when they make mistakes, it makes me want to avoid the whole thing. I wouldn't be doing it for money, I would be doing it for fun, and to learn. And as far as I'm concerned, if I'm going to be abused for making mistakes, I am not having fun, and I am likely not learning much either. (...)
What about you stop imagining what "joining the OSS" would be and you actually try to contribute something? Really, it is a no-brainer! Just follow some project you like/use a lot and when you have a chance, submit a patch with a bugfix or feature - that's it. Don't be a pussy and treat all criticism as a way to learn and educate yourself. If your patches are worthwhile, you will be noticed and eventually someone will ask you to join the project. However, just because you are not part of the core team of a project, it does not mean you didn't "join the OSS community", whatever that means.
For starters, the quality of the extensions is lower than Gnome 2 applets - specially the system monitoring extension. When a single extension crashes in Gnome 3, the whole panel goes MIA, unlike Gnome 2.
There was this time I was playing against a single friend in a huge map. As usual, I started building a massive wall of air and land defense and sending small waves of land forces to distract the enemy. Guess what? Around the time I had my Big Berta almost built, suddenly all my base got covered with enemy bomber and fighter planes! I could not believe it, I couldn't see anything else than air planes flying! It turned out that my friend spent the whole game producing airplanes into a remote map area and at the end even "reclaimed" his land defenses and other infrastructure to give room (TA has a limit on number of units) for more flying units! It was fun to lose against him:)
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Aha, the UI was in Portuguese. I thought the language depended on your login and was not hard-coded into the blog, guess not!
Regarding not being able to leave a comment there, can you provide more info? I checked through all the settings and everything seems fine. You just need a Google or OpenID login.
The keyboard (YAMAHA PSR E-333) has a generic USB MIDI connection (no wave audio, just midi), it works perfectly with the usbmidi kernel module and is shown as a bidirectional MIDI device in ALSA. I can record MIDI events from the keyboard using (for example) Rosegarden and also use the keyboard as a general midi output (instead of timidity++). For someone who just started messing with this, I find it pretty cool.
By the way, since ALSA is also used in Linux/ARM, I expect that it will work the same way.
I was wondering if I could actually use my phone (since it has a MHL connection) instead of a beagleboard/cubepc/raspi. The thing is I need both the HDMI and USB ports but they are both in the same connector : \
Here, http://adventuresinthebitland.blogspot.com/
I was not planning creating one but maybe that would be cool. I'll setup something tonight then,. I'll drop the link here, maybe you guys have some good ideas.
Basically I want rosegarden and timidity to work. I didn't check yet if rosegarden can be built for ARM. Timidity can be built for ARM.
Regarding the distribution, I'm going to create something dedicated using Gentoo.
Then I'll need to find a good input device. I thought about using a cheap resistive touch panel over the LCD. But maybe that's not the best. A mouse is out of the question.
I am considering purchasing one to make it some sorts if midi station connected to my piano keyboard. I already have a laptop LCD screen in place of the partiture, so this is just the last piece of the cake.
I'll be impressed if this passes regulation.. If it does, any chance of bringing this to European courts?
What part of "using another completely different OS." didn't you understood? :P
I completely "understanded" [sic] exactly what you said,
I see what you did there :)
and you confirmed what I presumed, that at least *most* of your "powerful skills" (super elite k00l p0werful skillz) would be there on OS X too.
The kernel reference was not to make me look l33t but rather make the distinction that I could hack Linux (the kernel) but not the OSX's kernel. However I just did a quick read and now realize than Darwin's kernel was opensourced by Apple..
Still, I cannot do other goodies as getting my Linux disto to run everywhere, including my router and toaster. - LOL
Hey looks like slashdot messed this one up. Your reply ended up here:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4036875&cid=44446667
right now, the problem is getting the processing power of a mid-range laptop into a tablet form factor is very expensive, or even not possible. you think that will last forever, especially considering the r&d that is going into miniaturizing components for phones and traditional tablets?
The way I see it, the problem is not really the miniaturization of components or even the available processing power. It is the energy storage technology (more specifically the maximum energy density) which is not quite on par with the power rating of our electronic devices :) /. Maybe...
But I agree with you, we have seen quite a few novel approaches right here on
The pro is a regular PC which comes with comes with an uncrippled version of windows 8 and can have other operating systems installed if you with.
That is interesting, did not know that. I thought all of them were Windows RT. Well, with the prices down, one day if I ever find the need to get a tablet, I'll also consider the surface pro, given that Linux is supported well enough on it. : )
Besides that, I developed powerful skills by using GNU/Linux which would be lost by using another completely different OS.
What "powerful skills"? Obviously this won't convince you, but I *presume* you're talking about CLI stuff like scripting/programming/regular expressions, etc. You can do all of that in Mac OS X too, with 'real UNIX' alongside the GUI.
What part of "using another completely different OS." didn't you understood? :P
OSX is similar enough I should be fine with it, even other *BSD flavors. By powerful skills, yes I was referring to CLI, scripting, etc.. AND also being able to patch up software as required, even the kernel (yes I do have drivers and patches accepted in kernel.org, I'm not talking it out of my ass). :P
But to be honest, I'm really tuned into Gentoo Linux - sometimes its painful to work on anything else. : ) That's why I have Gentoo boxes everywhere, at work, in the laptop, in the server, *heck* even inside the little Intel NUC at my parent's place (they love it). At some point even inside my router
I've been using GNU/Linux exclusively
no curiosity or interest in using latest version of Windows.
Where do you work?? Asking for a friend...
I work in a private research laboratory, the OS and development tools are up for me to choose. Though you make it sound like it is that hard to find a company which uses non-windows boxes - it is not. For example, I have plenty of friends using Linux at work, though, the most common type of job where you find Linux is software development for service systems and of course, system administration.
So no, I am not living inside my own distorted reality field if that is what you are wondering.
If the surface or Windows RT were such great devices, then explain me the ridiculously low sales?
Are we talking about the device or the operating system? The device never had a market at its initial price point.
Sorry I was talking about the device.
Have you used that operating system? Anytime someone makes this claim it really seems like they are just one of the 'sheep' out there just passing on someone else's misinformed judgement.
I don't need to use it to know that it isn't a OS made for me. I've been using GNU/Linux exclusively during the past 8 years and I love it. Besides that, I developed powerful skills by using GNU/Linux which would be lost by using another completely different OS. Again, I'm happy and I have absolutely no curiosity or interest in using latest version of Windows.
Now I know Windows RT behaves a bit more like iOS. But then again, I don't have any tablet, and for now I do not have intentions of buying one. One day, *if* I find the need to buy one, I would probably go to Android (or the Ubuntu tablet if it ever shows up) because it is a platform that is the most compatible with GNU/Linux. I'm not going to buy a tablet only to have problems syncing contacts or even simple things as transferring files between the devices (yes, Windows Mobile I'm looking at you). I also have absolutely no interest in creating a Microsoft Live/whatever account or using any of their services.
If the surface or Windows RT were such great devices, then explain me the ridiculously low sales?
I like the iPad OS, but it is not something made for me. :)
The pro is a good tablet and a good computer.
You forgot to say "in my own opinion". In my own opinion the surface has a shitty operating system which cannot be replaced, so it is a no-buy.
.. oh and by the way, when I say people, I'm excluding myself; because in that case I would prefer to have a single mainframe serving the entire house - but that is just me.
You have a laptop.
I've been carrying 'laptops' since you were probably in diapers. My Pro is not a laptop. It's a cleverly designed multifunction device that is a laptop, desktop and tablet all in one. It replaced a 'laptop.'
I think you are still missing the point. My Windows Mobile brick also tried to be a phone and a computer at the same time. Guess what? It was the most horrible device I ever owned.
People prefer devices designed for specific functions, otherwise we wouldn't have stereos, tv's, dvd players, etc.. We would just have a single computer.
There are cases where you can merge functionality (for example mp3 players into smartphones [1]) but NOT in the Surface Pro's case.
[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9741910/Smartphones-wipe-out-sales-of-MP3-players.html
I've done it and know that nobody but a few physics journals is going to accept a .tex file.
You are so wrong. Pretty much all conferences in diverse domains of Informatics and Computer Science (at least sponsored by IEEE and SPIE) provide a template .tex file. Contrary to what you say, you submit the compiled pdf file to peer review, not the tex. And so you know, I can tell the difference from a pdf produced with (eg. latexpdf) from one produced with Microsoft Word; the one produced with latex has a clear superior quality (substantially more polished). Not only that, often people writing research papers with Microsoft Word seem unaware about vectorial graphics formats because they use raster images all the times, giving result to crappy plots which you can't even zoom without getting abusive pixelation and blocking effects from JPEG compression. Maybe Word compresses the images using JPEG by default, idk.
I, personally, think that one of the best ways that I could get better is to contribute to OSS projects.
While I'm no OSS guru, I certainly have my share of OSS contributions. I can personally tell you that collaborating with all sorts of people and projects is very educating.
However, I can't lie, reading stories about the abusiveness of the community is a huge turn off. Now, I realize that I am probably not one of those people who 'should know better,' and I realize that really extraordinary outbursts are rare (which is why they get reported on, obviously), but I still have enormous trepidation about joining the OSS community. I feel I may have talent and ideas to contribute, but when I see stories about the way that people get treated when they make mistakes, it makes me want to avoid the whole thing. I wouldn't be doing it for money, I would be doing it for fun, and to learn. And as far as I'm concerned, if I'm going to be abused for making mistakes, I am not having fun, and I am likely not learning much either. (...)
What about you stop imagining what "joining the OSS" would be and you actually try to contribute something? Really, it is a no-brainer! Just follow some project you like/use a lot and when you have a chance, submit a patch with a bugfix or feature - that's it. Don't be a pussy and treat all criticism as a way to learn and educate yourself. If your patches are worthwhile, you will be noticed and eventually someone will ask you to join the project. However, just because you are not part of the core team of a project, it does not mean you didn't "join the OSS community", whatever that means.
For starters, the quality of the extensions is lower than Gnome 2 applets - specially the system monitoring extension. When a single extension crashes in Gnome 3, the whole panel goes MIA, unlike Gnome 2.
Wow Planetary Annihilation looks awesome, I can't wait for it!
There was this time I was playing against a single friend in a huge map. As usual, I started building a massive wall of air and land defense and sending small waves of land forces to distract the enemy. Guess what? Around the time I had my Big Berta almost built, suddenly all my base got covered with enemy bomber and fighter planes! I could not believe it, I couldn't see anything else than air planes flying! It turned out that my friend spent the whole game producing airplanes into a remote map area and at the end even "reclaimed" his land defenses and other infrastructure to give room (TA has a limit on number of units) for more flying units! :)
It was fun to lose against him
I don't remember if I played the multiplayer using wine or VirtualBox. I think it was VirtualBox with Windows XP.
Finally! Someone who likes Total Annihilation. I still play it though, it works great using wine!
At least that one had proper directional keys.. Even if I grew up using them, I never got used to it. :P
Pretty cool! One question, do you still have your programs? I always wanted to convert my tapes to flac audio files but I never found the time..