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len-1304holstein, I found something missing in thunar. File searching. So I switched back to nautilus/files. there is a search function, but I can't get it to work :P03:38
len-1304zequence, 13.04 with files can you get the search function to work?03:39
micahglen-1304: can those uploads wait until Wed?  I'm piloting then04:36
Len-nbOK, should I remind you then?05:12
Len-nbmicahg, ^^05:12
Len-nbwhat time?05:13
micahgLen-nb: nah, it's on my list05:15
micahgthe ISOs were fine though, so I'll respin the meta in the morning (to get blender back)05:15
Len-nbmicahg, thanks05:17
ttoinehello08:18
zequencelen-1304: Seens to me Nautilus only does local searches, withing the folder15:14
zequenceI find that new search functionality slower than the previous one15:14
zequenceOr, they seem to have removed the search function and replaced it with go-to-this-folder-or-file15:15
zequenceIf you start typing, the search function starts automtically15:15
zequenceIt used to be, that if you selected anything inside the main view, and started typing, the first hit would get selected. It was fast. Now, the view redraws also, removing all other results15:16
zequenceThat's the only difference15:16
zequence..aside from there not seeming to be any real search function anymore15:17
ttoineIf I would like to set up a testing pc with the Ubuntu Studio LTS, current and +1, what would the best way ? having a common /boot ?15:49
ttoineor is there a more easy way to do that ?15:49
astraljavaDepends on what you want to test. If the whole thing from start to finish, then nothing can be mutual.15:58
astraljavaYou would also need three separate hard drives for that as well, so as to test the different installation methods. (re: whole-disk case)15:59
astraljavaThen there's also the new RAID method (was that in ubiquity-installer, yet?). But that's getting a bit fancy, IMHO. :)16:00
ttoineastraljava, better to use virtual box ?16:02
astraljavattoine: Easier and faster, yes.16:04
zequenceI don't thinkt it's nessecary to do testing installs for 12.04 and 12.1016:23
zequenceOnly for 13.0416:23
zequenceVirtualbox is not a real machine, so there are things that might happen during install with an actual machine, that will never happen on Virtualbox16:24
zequencehardware related of course. devices.16:25
holsteini have my studio rig... i just unplug the actual hard drives and plug in a test hard drive16:25
zequencettoine: What kind of testing were you thinking of doing on the released versions?16:26
holsteini do some vbox testing too, but i try and do metal for our stuff... you cant really test jack and audio performance in VM16:26
zequenceYea, that's another issue too of course, absolutely16:27
ttoinezequence, my aim was to have a laptop or something like that I can use for workshops, and hardware testing16:32
ttoineholstein, that the problem16:33
ttoinethat's16:33
ttoineperhaps the better is to install Ubuntu Studio on usb keys16:34
ttoineAnd then keep the Ubuntu Studio used for workshop on main OS16:34
holsteinits just grub really16:35
ttoineand boot on usb keys with +1, etc..16:35
zequenceI don't think dual booting is too bad of an idea either16:35
holsteinthe installers used to ask.. now they assume (like windows) that this is the only operating system, and that you dont know what a bootloader is16:35
ttoineholstein, just grub... it is not "just" when it is about grub ;-)16:35
holsteini used to just make some free space,, or install to a USB stick and specify where grub should go, or not install it at all... i miss 10.04 in a lot of ways16:36
zequenceI forget if our ubiquity is different (I don't do standard installs very often). Ubuntu let's you choose where to install GRUB16:36
holsteinzequence: not anymore16:36
holsteinzequence: at least, i dont see that option16:36
zequenceholstein: It did last time I checked16:36
ttoinenot anymore16:36
zequenceDuring partitioning16:37
holsteinzequence: yup.. 10.04 was the last time you checked then16:37
holsteinzequence: nope16:37
zequenceholstein: 13.0416:37
ttoinezequence, did you used custom partitionning ?16:37
holsteinzequence: do share.. cause i havent seen that option since 10.0416:37
zequenceI always do custom partitioning16:37
ttoinezequence, that is why you see that choice for grub installation16:38
zequenceIt's there, anyway16:38
holsteini'll have to look again.. i do both custom and auto, and i didnt see it16:38
holsteinwhen i setup 12.04 on my studio rig i did custom, thought i had specified no grub, and it blew out my grub anyway16:39
ttoineholstein, zequence, do you have many or only one hard drive ?16:39
holsteini have 2 in my studio rig, but at install, i just had the one16:39
ttoinemaybe that's why there is no choice : only one hard drive16:40
holsteini backup to my 1tb internal drive, mirror to my 1tb external drive.. then unplug both of those (after burning things im getting paid to work on to blueray disc)16:40
ttoinethat's why I don't use my main pc for tests16:41
holsteinwell, that wasnt for a test though.. i wanted to move on to 12.04, but i left 10.04 there in case i need low latency... or something doesnt move well16:41
zequenceubuntu has only two install isos for desktops now, I think. The regular one, and the netinstall mini.iso (they stopped making alternate)16:44
zequenceBut those two cover all use cases16:44
holsteini dont think its necessary... maybe helpful with low-ram and older systems, which are screwed for diffrent reasons16:45
zequenceFor Ubuntu Studio users the only tricky part is to add realtime privilege16:45
holsteini mean, we cant support older machines forever..16:45
zequenceThe alternate is not for old machines16:45
zequenceIt's a way to make custom installs16:45
zequenceYou can cherrypick everything16:45
holsteinsure, but its helpful on lower memeory machines.. and thats all thats left16:46
holsteinyou can do custom partitioning and encryption and everything else AFAIK from the normal iso's16:46
zequenceYea, but you can't install wihtout unity, and a bunch of other stuff that you might not want16:47
holsteinlower ram requirments would be the only valid argument i can think of for wanting an alternate iso now.. assumimg the grub thing works16:47
zequenceIt's only one reason. Not the *only* reason16:47
holsteinwhat im propsing is.. its the only reason left that is valid16:47
holsteinthe low memory requirements16:47
holsteinsince the other features are available in the normal iso now16:48
zequencePerhaps you're thinking about Ubuntu Studio now. I'm thinking of custom Ubuntu installations16:48
holsteinwhatever16:48
zequenceYou can't perform a expert install with a regular Ubuntu ISO16:48
holsteinsure.. and what is that expert install?16:49
holsteincustom partitioning?16:49
holsteinencryption?16:49
zequenceAside from ubuntu-minimal, which is just the GNU tools and a kernel, you can choose every piece of software that goes on it16:49
zequenceYou can even install without a kernel16:50
zequenceSo, ubuntu-minimal is really just the GNU tools with some Ubuntu specific settings16:50
zequenceFor someone installing Ubuntu Studio, they might not be worrying about that amount of choice, since they already made the choice to install Ubuntu Studio with everything that comes with it16:52
micahgStudio gave up on low memory when they went for the PAE only kernel option in precise16:53
holsteini thought that was ubuntu-wide? the pae thing16:54
zequenceholstein: the netinstall ISO is an alternate ISO, but with very little on it. You get it all down the net instead. That's why they quit making alternate, as there were two ISO's doing pretty much the same thing16:58
zequenceIt's a little trickier to find it though. You have too google it16:59
micahgholstein: it was, but Xubuntu and Lubuntu kept the non-PAE kernel as default on i38617:00
micahgat the time, it was determined that US users inherently needed more memory for the workflows (I guess that doesn't preclude taking them into account now though :))17:01
holsteini didnt know that was an option. i think it was because we didnt have the resources to maintain 2 kernels.. a pae and non pae lowlatency17:01
micahgit's all built from the same source17:01
holsteinwell.. we dont need to support low memory setups.17:01
ttoinehttp://www.ubuntugeek.com/flowblade-multitrack-non-linear-video-editor-for-linux.html18:36
ttoinea new non linear video editor18:36
ttoineI will ask one of my contact to test it, he is a video expert18:37
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len-1304zequence, so the nautilus search is essentially useless... the tree view is gone.... is there any reason left to use nautilus? It seems we need to add a search util anyway23:37
len-1304holstein, the mini ISO is also useful for custom installs. It is sometimes easier to use that and make up one meta package for the rest than to make a new distro.23:38

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