A year revisited February 29, 2008
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As more and more musicians contemplate making the move to linux for audio work I thought it relevant when I
came across a link on the LAU (Linux Audio User) mailing list to Sebastian Tschöpel’s blog and one post in particular that reflects on his experience making the move, or as Sebastian puts it:
I thought it would be time to sum up the experiences I made in the past year working (irregular) with Linux as audio production platform.
The social web browser - Flock revisited! February 16, 2008
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Over a year ago I posted about my fondness for this mozilla powered offshoot. How has it changed? Does it still rock?
Pidgin - Instant Messaging for the masses! February 16, 2008
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Doesn’t everyone instant message nowadays? Seems like you are offered a new protocol every time you turn the corner… sign up with a major ISP, get a new webmail account, whatever… but what about an open source, cross platform chat client that does it all? Pidgin comes pretty darn close to filling that bill!
Songbird - Play the web! February 15, 2008
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Songbird is a cross-platform web browser based on mozilla… that also finds music for you on the web… that also plays music, both from the web and your local drives… and acts as a music organizer letting you categorize, sort, search, and re-discover your tunes and playlists! Did I mention that it’s a web browser?!?!
Dream a little dream… of Debian February 13, 2008
Posted by oktyabr in debian, games, graphics, hacking, hardware, linux, opinions, personal, realtime, screenshots, software.Tags: debian, dream, gaming, ntfs, nvidia, realtime, sata, wine, wireless
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Some of you might have noticed I haven’t posted much on the linux front (or any other for that matter!) for awhile… This post is likely to be the first of several in a related series and the first to explain why I haven’t posted and why I am again now!
To make a long story short I moved across the state, built a new computer and ended up using wireless as my only connection to the net for the very first time…
What are you listening to? January 16, 2008
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So this winter has been good for my music collection and I’ve been steadily broadening my tastes with lots of new stuff!
Scanner to Fax on broadband January 12, 2008
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The other day I did a stupid thing. I accidentally locked the keys to vehicle in the ignition with it running. And no, I didn’t have a spare! A call to a local locksmith fixed it in about 30 seconds for which I was billed a nice US$65! Luckily the locksmith said that I *might* be able to get it reimbursed through my insurance company. Why yes! They were happy to reimburse me! All I had to do was slap a 41 cent stamp on an envelope and drop the invoice in the mail or I could fax the invoice to them! Sweet! FAX! Instant gratification! How hard could it be?
Listen to this! The Rabbits June 17, 2007
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Ah, I LOVE independent music!!! 
My latest discovery, all for FREE, is the quirky band The Rabbits.
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Cars, trucks, stuff I like to drive. May 10, 2007
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Someone asked, on a forum, “what do you drive?” The short answer is:
Save Internet Radio! May 6, 2007
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The future of Internet Radio is in DANGER!
I got this email a few days ago from Pandora.com, one of my favorite and most used internet music services: (more…)
emusic.com: A review May 6, 2007
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Obviously this is my PERSONAL OPINION (that green eyeball over there means “personal”) so take it with a grain of salt but no, emusic isn’t paying me to write this post… in fact I’m doubtful they even know it exists!
KDE 4 - try it today with a special LiveCD May 2, 2007
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KDE 4 is still in development and won’t be out for a couple of months. You can however check its current state and
play with the new futures and applications, thanks to special demo LiveCD put together by KDE developers.
IMAGE - Dell Makes Ubuntu Official! May 2, 2007
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This image on Dell’s website makes it pretty official…..
The embargo is over: Ubuntu will be officially supported on Dell computers. May 1, 2007
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From your humble servant at Canonical:”
It
’s now official. That’s it, the embargo is over. We can talk. Many people have been involved in this and I can only say I am excited to be a tiny small part of it: Ubuntu will be officially supported on Dell computers. Any other details will come on www.ubuntu.com, check it for the official press release!”
Ubuntu Studio: An interview with Project Manager Cory Kontros January 27, 2007
Posted by oktyabr in audio, debian, digg, linux, make music, personal, realtime, ubuntu.3 comments
I’ve known about, written about and even participated in the Ubuntu Studio project (in a limited capacity) in the past but
had pretty much given it up as a project with good ideas but still a long way from any sort of maturity or release as a “distro” in it’s own right… until a link on Digg.com appeared quite recently. It seems that the project has found new momentum with new leadership and I thought I would take a closer look for myself.
