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ScottLwow, all new ISO images tested :)03:58
holsteinw00t04:00
rlameiro24 hours to go.....12:46
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ScottLrlameiro, 24 hours to go....for what?13:51
jussiJust a reminder, #ubuntu-release-party is open! Welcome!13:54
rlameiroScottL: launch day15:20
ScottLrlameiro, gotcha ;)15:25
ScottLsorry, sometimes it's been hard to keep with particulars between releases between working on three of them :P15:25
rlameiro:)15:26
rlameiroyeap15:26
ScottLbut i'm really, really excited about natty though15:26
rlameirowell, we should push15:26
rlameiroi am happy to see more involvement on the mailing list15:26
rlameirolets see how it turns out15:26
ScottLabsolutely ;)15:27
rlameiroScottL: i was talking with PerSia15:27
ScottLi'm hoping that natty will rank as one of the definitive releases, like hardy perhaps15:27
ScottLrlameiro, yes?15:27
rlameiroabout specific tests for ubuntustudio15:27
rlameiroand I think we could bring together the workflows and testing15:27
ScottLyeah :)15:28
rlameirofor instance - recording audio to ARDOUR15:28
ScottLthat's a really good diea15:28
ScottLidea15:28
rlameirofollow the workflow15:28
rlameirodoes it work? yes, not, kinda?15:28
ScottLabsolutely!15:28
rlameiroetc etc15:28
ScottLthis is very similar to what troy_s had been takling about15:28
ScottLhe kept pumping me to answer the purpose of things15:29
ScottLwhy we have an iso, why we include applications, etc, etc15:29
rlameirowell, like this we kill 2 bunnys with the same hit15:29
ScottLand now that we are identifying the reasons (workflows) , it's bloody amazing how much we can hang on that framework15:29
ScottLit helps define our tests, our documentation, our packages, almost everything15:29
ScottL:)15:30
ScottLgotta go play with son, be back in a littel15:30
rlameiroOne good answer for the ISO is to say, that stock ubuntu is not "streamlined" enough for audio/multimedia work15:30
rlameirook15:30
* rlameiro burning test ISO AMD6415:30
* rlameiro rebooting and installing US ISO15:40
* persia discourages claiming regular Ubuntu is somehow "worse": we use almost precisely the same Desktop software. If one must compare, consider identification of components that behave in unpredictable ways (with unexpected effects on latency), rather than on "speed" or "streamlining" or similar.16:12
persiaIn addition to any marketing benefits, this set of unpredictable software becomes a list of things that our support team can suggest people avoid, replace, or uninstall if they are having latency issues with `apt-get install ubuntustudio-audio` rather than from an ISO install.16:13
holsteinyeah16:18
holsteini think we have some good ideas in place to address this issue16:19
holsteinmakes me sad when folks come in #ubuntustudio with problems16:19
holsteinthey'll say, i had ubuntu installed and everything was fine, i wiped that and installed ubuntustudio16:20
holsteinand i just wish they had come in the channel first16:20
holsteininstall some of the studio packages and 'get their feet wet' a bit16:20
persiaIndeed: 99% of the time if someone has a working install, it's better to swap metapackages and maybe uninstall a few things than to do a complete reinstall.16:22
holsteinOH16:22
holsteinand the supported device question16:23
holstein'i have this USB whatever, and i installed ubuntustudio hoping the support would be in there'16:23
holsteinthat would be an easy thing to squelch16:23
holsteinassuming a person would read some documentation16:23
* holstein is guilty of that though ;)16:24
holsteini tend to just go for it, and RTFM later16:24
persiaLots of times that works.  The key thing that needs to be made clear is that we have precisely the same device support as any other Ubuntu flavour, *EXCEPT* when using special kernels (none available in maverick), where we may have slightly *poorer* device support.16:26
persiaFolks who uninstall e.g. Kubuntu and install Studio and select fancy kernel options may well find that they are in a less ideal situation.16:26
holsteintotally16:27
persia(although for maverick, this isn't important, as we only have the one kernel, and current discussions seem to indicate that future special kernels may well have identical device support)16:27
holsteinif you were running kubuntu, and had everything tweaked out16:27
holsteinubuntustudio is completely different16:27
rlameiroAMD64 tests finished16:38
rlameiroholstein: awake?16:39
holsteinrlameiro: yeah16:39
holsteinsorry man16:39
holsteini'm going to be a while on that VO16:39
rlameiro?16:39
holsteinwe got our old house for sale16:39
rlameiroVO = video?16:39
persiarlameiro, That was the last test on the list, right?16:39
holsteinvoice over16:39
rlameirook16:40
rlameiropersia: yes the optional 16:40
persia\o/  We're ready for release16:40
rlameirobut not so optional...16:40
holsteinw00t :)16:40
persiaNow we just have to wait for the rest of the flavours, and the mirroring, etc...16:40
rlameirowell, i dont know about i38616:40
holsteinUbStub 10.10 16:40
persia(go help other teams test if you have time)16:40
rlameirolet me check16:40
rlameiroyep16:41
rlameiroUbuntu studio tested :DDDDD16:41
rlameiroI could try to test on my IGEP but i dont have time right now, need to write paper.....16:42
rlameiroholstein: do you have some idea to when the VO will be up?16:43
rlameiropersia: check this video http://blog.angulosolido.pt/2010/10/linspotting-project-linux-video-editing.html16:44
holsteinrlameiro: wow16:44
holsteinthis release really sneaked up on me16:44
holsteinrlameiro: do i have your email?16:45
holsteini might be able to work it out late nite tonight16:45
rlameirodont know16:45
rlameiroricardo lameiro aaaatttt gmmmail dot c o m16:45
rlameiroof course, all together :D16:46
rlameirologged channels you know...16:46
holsteinrlameiro: can you link me that vid again?16:46
holsteini cant seem to find it on this box16:46
holsteini might have already taken it to the studio16:46
holsteinbut i want to make sure i got it16:47
rlameirook16:47
rlameirohttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/1333955/installvideo2.mp416:47
holstein:)16:48
ScottLrlameiro, persia, holstein :  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Sandbox16:52
ScottLlook for ISO vs PPA section16:52
rlameironice :D16:53
rlameiroI still think that you shouldnt need to defend building ISO, it should be obvious to everyone16:54
rlameirobut well...16:54
ScottLbut people are biased and will demand reasons why we don't subscribe to their viewpoint, this provides the logic to them17:53
ScottLupdated the packages list : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/Applications18:10
ScottLand working release notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/WorkingReleaseNotes18:11
ScottLpersia, i had tried fedora lxde recently and noticed it included the release notes in the menu (and i think on the desktop too)18:23
ScottLi think it would be a good idea to create a release notes package that does this also to ensure that the release notes are most accessible to users18:24
ScottLdo you, or TheMuso, have any thoughts about this?18:25
Narwhal_Gym_SockScott, I recently tried out Damn Small Linux on an ancient computer, and it had an entire FAQ open on the desktop when it was finished loading.  I found it very helpful.  Just an observation.18:28
ScottLthanks Narwhal_Gym_Sock , i think for new users this could be a really helpful item18:29
Narwhal_Gym_SockBy the way, I'm Brian from the e-mail list.  I thought I'd try using IRC for a change, it's not something I usually use.18:30
ScottLbeejunk ?18:31
Narwhal_Gym_SockYes, that's right.18:32
Narwhal_Gym_SockI can never get straight which handle is being used on which program.  I should probably stick with just one.18:33
rlameiroFull house today :DDDD18:36
rlameiroScottL: busy?18:37
ScottLlol Narwhal_Gym_Sock 18:42
ScottLrlameiro, so, so...but what i will make time18:43
rlameiroleave it, its more a thing for natty +1 maybe18:43
rlameiromaybe, moving out from gnome to another WM18:44
rlameirolxde or XFCE18:44
ScottLohhhh18:44
rlameirothey are lightweight, and maybe it enough for studio18:44
holsteini bet xustudio would be easy enough to set up18:45
holsteinAFAIK there are no xfce ones18:46
rlameirowell, i dont know, but i think its an idea worth exploring18:46
holsteinAVlinux is LXDE18:46
rlameiroalso because ubuntu is going to gnome318:46
holsteinyeah18:46
holsteinLXDE is light18:47
rlameirodont think it will be a good wm for studio... we should start to prepare for that18:47
ScottLthat's a lovely idea, but i'm not sure how we could implement it, or if we have the resources either18:47
ScottLbut we could certainly explore it though and see where we stand18:47
ScottLi agree, adding a lightweight wm would be a win, especially with gnome3 on the horizon18:48
rlameirowell, i am not sure about it, but i think it is a matter of changing the seeds, and the menu acordingly18:48
rlameiroalso make a theme for it18:48
rlameironot sure if it will be feasible for natty18:49
holsteini suppose we should see how gnome3 goes18:49
rlameirobut nevertheless its worth planing and discussing18:49
rlameiroholstein: gnome3 will required 3d aceleration....18:49
holsteinyeah?18:49
holsteinthat aint cool18:49
holsteinrequiring18:49
rlameirowell, i am sure it will run without it, but it wil not be the same thing18:50
holsteinwell, i guess its cooll to push things along a bit18:50
rlameiroI think Lxde/xfce is a safe bet18:50
rlameiroit is very inportant that the hardware power is channeled to the tasks people use instead for the WM18:51
rlameiroif you can save only 100MB ram, its already a win :D18:52
* rlameiro remebers the time where a 2MB ram upgrade was an Awesome thing18:52
holsteinrlameiro: maybe ubuntu studio light ?18:57
holsteinwhen is it that gnome 3 will get in there?18:57
holsteinnatty?18:57
Narwhal_Gym_SockHopefully I don't betray too much ignorance, here, but is it possible to make Ubuntu Studio a sub-distribution of Xubuntu? (A kind of sub-sub distro)18:57
holsteinas a user18:58
holsteinwe can add the packages to whatever18:58
rlameiroNarwhal_Gym_Sock: i dont think it will be necessary, but if it goes forward, ubuntustudio will use stuff from them18:58
rlameiroor from lubuntu18:58
holsteini keeping it easy to maintain is key18:58
rlameirosince everything is on the ubuntu repos18:58
rlameirodiference is on config files/seeds18:59
ScottLNarwhal_Gym_Sock, you can always start with a xubuntu default installation, add packages, and make the necessary configuration changes required for audio19:03
Narwhal_Gym_SockIndeed.  I was mostly just wondering if the fact that Xubuntu already exists would make it easier to potentially create an XFCE-based UbuStu.19:10
Narwhal_Gym_Sockrlameiro response I think basically answered that.19:10
rlameirowell, basicaly is the same that using gnome or kde19:13
Narwhal_Gym_SockOff to work, see you all later.19:23

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