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ailoWell, I suppose what is the normal case for most people writing new music today, custom symbols, custom noteheads, custom rhythms00:00
ailo"custom rhythms" lol00:01
rlameirolol00:01
rlameirowell, in theory you can edit each note.... its a PITA but it is somethin00:02
ailoIt's a great medium for getting musicians to read complicated info and be able to play it right from the sheet, but it's not easy to work with for the arranger/composer sometimes00:02
rlameiroright click over a note00:02
rlameiroare you a classical composer?00:02
ailoI have the schooling, but I don't really do much of that now00:03
rlameirohummm00:03
rlameironice :D00:03
rlameirowhere are you from?00:04
ailoIt's great when you arrange classical music, musicals and so on. Then it works really fast00:04
rlameirosweden00:04
rlameiro?00:04
ailoYeah, Sweden00:04
rlameiroYeah, i nailed it00:04
rlameirotelia never disapoint me00:04
ailoI went to this school http://www.gotlandstonsattarskola.com/index-eng.php00:05
ailoDidn't pursue College00:05
rlameironice concept00:06
ailoVery good school, where you get to work with both student musicians, but also professional musicians00:06
ailoThey also have electroacoustic courses, where they use MaxMSP00:06
rlameiroyeah yeah00:07
rlameiroalways the same00:07
rlameiroi am getting tired ....00:07
rlameiroalways MaxMSP00:07
ailoDon't know now, but at that time it was Mac, ProTools and MaxMSP00:07
rlameiroailo: its almost eveywhere like that00:08
rlameirothey doesnt know anything else :(00:09
ailoI learned about puredata at that time, but it was difficult to install on Windows at the time. Now is a different story00:09
ailoAnd, I'm not on windows anymore myself of course00:09
rlameirowell, windows????00:09
rlameirolol00:09
rlameiropd on windows still is kinda weird...00:09
ailoYou think?00:09
rlameironoooooooo00:10
ailoI found a bug that only affects Linux, which annoys me a lot00:10
ailoIf you do graph on parent on a patch, and open/close it enough times, pd will crash00:10
rlameirothe famous one :D00:11
ailoIt is?00:11
rlameiroif it is not that is one quit close00:11
rlameiroi saw something about it on pdlist some time ago00:11
ailoI like to open some patches separately when needed, but this bug makes it impossible, so I need to keep everything open all the time00:12
ailoAnyway, on Windows, I guess at least the latency is worse00:12
rlameirowell not just the latency00:13
rlameiroa lot of externals doesnt run00:13
ailoOk, so it needs some more work00:13
ailoI wouldn't be surprised if Windows will become another *nix distro sooner or later.00:15
rlameirome either00:15
rlameironeither*00:15
paultagthey'd be more apt to be a BSD00:17
paultagor a *nux00:17
paultagthey love nonfree software way too much00:18
paultaglike OSX, really00:18
rlameirowell, i dont believe they would use linux00:19
rlameirobut hey, Oracle does, why not MS00:19
paultagbecause Oracle's not in the OS biz ;)00:19
rlameirowelll. microsft isnt either now00:21
rlameirolol00:21
rlameirothey are on the bloatware bussines00:22
paultagI'd be remiss if I were to call microshaft product software00:22
rlameirolol00:22
ailoWhat are the reasons behind Linux not being the natural base for Commercial OS's00:23
ailoSeems like they would save themselves a lot of work00:23
paultagailo: none, in my mind00:23
rlameiroanyone could duplicate it at home00:23
rlameiroand need to make a lot of stuff GPL :D00:23
paultagailo: but most companies see it as "their" system where "they" have total control over it00:23
ailoThey can always keep the front end non-free00:24
paultagailo: if someone like Microsoft sold Linux based systems, linus would have more power then their CEO00:24
rlameiroailo: well, not exactly00:24
paultagailo: until they get fed up and fork it, which would lead to a fragmented ecosystem where patches might not apply both ways00:24
rlameirothe OS itself is pretty tied to the kernel00:24
paultagrlameiro: that's not true at all00:24
rlameirothe rest are jus applications00:24
paultagrlameiro: we have Debian GNU/kBSD, Debian GNU/Hurd and Debian GNU/Linux00:24
ailoX Window system seems like an obstacle00:24
rlameiroThe OS is the Kernel + drivers + interface00:25
rlameirothe rest are just applications00:25
paultagrlameiro: no, that's the kernel00:25
paultagrlameiro: that's all ring 0 code00:25
rlameiroas I said :D00:25
paultagrlameiro: but our OS is ring 1 and out00:25
rlameiroall the rest is applications00:25
paultagrlameiro: like the GNU userland and GLibC00:25
paultagrlameiro: no, the rest are librarys and then applications :)00:25
paultaglibraries00:25
rlameiropaultag: true :D00:26
rlameiroforgot the Libs ... shame on me00:26
ailoThey could always strip down what they want to keep secret00:26
paultagrlameiro: so as long as you write for POSIX standards ( read: GNU Userland ), the kernel ( ring0 code ) can be whatever you want ( NT Kernel, BSD Kernel, Linux Kernel, HURD kernel )00:26
paultagrlameiro: so one of the most flexable parts in the GNU OS is the Kernel00:26
rlameiroyeap00:26
paultagsince the libraries act as a good middleman00:27
paultagso:00:27
paultag00:24 < rlameiro> the OS itself is pretty tied to the kernel00:27
paultagis not right ;)00:27
paultag</pedantic mode>00:27
rlameirohummmm not very clear that sentence indeed00:27
rlameiroI was thinking microkernel mode :D00:28
rlameirolol00:28
rlameirolike the nevercoming hurd00:28
paultagrlameiro: bsd is a kind of microkernel00:28
rlameirowell, but in true an os is a kernel plus Glibc. ....00:28
rlameiropaultag: yeap, MACH00:28
paultagrlameiro: the OS is the whole system00:28
rlameirominix00:29
rlameirowell i dont thing nano is part of the OS00:29
paultagXNU ;)00:29
rlameiroor firefox...00:29
paultagrlameiro: they are00:29
rlameirowell, then we have a problem :D00:29
paultagAn operating system (OS) is software, consisting of programs and data, that runs on computers  and manages computer hardware resources[1]  and provides common services for efficient execution of various application software.An operating system (OS) is software, consisting of programs and data, that runs on computers  and manages computer hardware resources[1]  and provides common services for efficient execution of various application software00:30
paultaghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system00:30
rlameiro.....  and provides common services for efficient execution of various application software00:30
paultaghumm, guess that could be made to exclude applications00:30
paultagI never make the distinction :)00:30
rlameirohence nano != partof the OS00:31
rlameiroeven busybox ....00:31
rlameiroor bash or something like that00:31
paultagwell they are all applications :P00:31
rlameiroyeap00:32
rlameirothat was my idea00:32
* paultag heads back to work00:32
rlameiropaultag: good luck then :D00:33
col0urTimidity or Fluidsynth?04:55
holsteindepends04:57
holsteinwhats the application col0ur ?04:57
col0urwell04:57
col0urfor ScummVM tbh04:57
holsteini direct all my MIDI questions to #opensourcemusicians04:57
col0uralright, will try. thanks :)04:58
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eviljamesIs it true that -rt support was dropped in ubuntu because it didn't mix well with proprietary nvidia drivers?17:09
astraljava-rt patch isn't provided for nearly all kernel versions, so that's one part. UKT didn't want to provide support for even the ones where patches were available, reasons unknown to me but no doubt valid in their sense. So it was up to community to provide packages containing either vanilla kernel or the ubuntu flavor with the -rt patch on top, but not enough effort was provided for testing, bugfixing etc.17:28
astraljavaFor long it was a one-man-show for an italian wizard called Alessio, but nowadays he's concentrating on -lowlatency and other kernel development.17:31
eviljamesah17:45
eviljamesastraljava: That clarifies, thank you!17:45
eviljamesI just snagged some info off their wiki as well looks like I'll be investigating what patches they put into the kernel and rolling my own17:47
astraljavaeviljames: Sounds like a plan. :)17:47
eviljamesApparently kxstudio has a PPA (whatever that means..? :P) for the rt kernel.. you'll have to excuse my ignorance about ubuntu-specific terms, I'm an old slacker17:48
astraljavaPersonal Package Archive17:49
astraljavaYeah those are handy17:49
astraljavaBut you have to be careful with them, the packages are provided by community members, and you can't ask for official support for them at all.17:52
eviljamesYeah, I have my own personal package archive, but they're all Slackware packages.. :/17:53
eviljamesSo I'll probably start using other people's PPAs (trusted, of course) and then roll my own in time.17:53
astraljavaThat should work.17:55

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