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OvenWerksxequence: zenity should put up a screen in front of the terminal.00:18
OvenWerkseven if you run ubuntustudio-installer with no package names on the command line.00:18
OvenWerksIt is a saucy package (my ppa and the US branch which is waiting for review I think ? micahg ?? )00:19
OvenWerksmicahg: I have been gone since last week. Can I assume I am waiting for a second review?00:20
OvenWerksxequence: I would like to move mish's icons even as they are into the -menu package.00:21
OvenWerksxequence: the reason for this is that the menu package needs to be there and working before FF. artwork can continue to change after that.00:22
OvenWerksThe three packages (-installer, -menu and -settings) will need to be changed in sequence. (maybe seeds too)00:23
micahgOvenWerks: yeah03:36
micahgI'll try to find someone again03:37
smartboyhwxequence, ping04:52
cubDo we have any thoughts on what kind of applications that would be included in Publishing? I was thinking of people who do wordpress and/or blog sites. In terms of, should we perhaps include for instance Bluefish or similar in the default apps?09:59
knomeor is it paper-publishing, where you'd want things like scribus?10:00
cubthat's what's in there today10:00
cubfont manager, scribus and so on10:00
knomeyou might want to make a difference between those two, they are really different areas10:00
cubyes, it might be too big to include as well. 10:01
knomesure.10:01
knome(not that i'd be too much on top of US development, but...)10:01
cubif you install for instance Bluefish it's put in a menu row "Programming"10:01
knomeheh, right10:01
cubNo, it's more like "if you include X you should include Y, Z as well"10:02
knomei think that's correct though10:02
cubyes, it's a coding editor10:02
cubknome, are you familiar with what Accessibility applications Xubuntu includes on the live dvd? If any?10:04
cubI'm looking into a request to include Orca for visually impaired to make the installation more accessible10:04
knomei don't know if we ship something, but iirc, not a lot of it was working the last time we checked10:04
knomei think there was something about orca not working10:05
cubhmm10:05
knomebut that's out of my area of expertise, so...10:05
cubI'm told it works well with Gnome, but I don't know about xfce10:05
knomeyeah10:05
knomeif you get to test it... report us ;)10:06
cubOh well, I have 9 more days to figure it out. ;)10:06
knomebut no pressure.10:06
cubyeah will do.10:06
knomewe're probably not going to do that for 13.10 anyway, maybe 14.0410:06
cubYes, it might be too tight to get it by 13.10, but I'll give it a shot.10:07
knomeat the end of the day, 13.10 is not an LTS, so if it's a bit broken... but yeah.10:07
cubmy thoughts exactly. If we could get it in there more people might try it out to have feedback for 14.0410:08
knomedefinitely10:08
knomeand if it's in for 13.10, there's still time to test and stuff10:08
cubyup10:09
knomeit's august now and we're releasing on october :)10:09
smartboyhwWhat happened?10:09
cubYeah, I'm new though to the process of how to get new stuff into a release. 10:09
smartboyhwYou mean, Mir/10:09
smartboyhw?10:10
* smartboyhw likes Mir:P10:10
smartboyhwknome, try it out with 13.10. If many users hate it, switch back in 14.04 will be a good idea:P10:10
knomesmartboyhw, talking about orca10:10
smartboyhwknome, oh10:10
cubsmartboyhw, no not Mir. I'm looking into how visually impaired/blaind people could access the Ubuntu Studio live dvd to install it.10:10
smartboyhwcub, well if we want new things we add it to seeds10:10
knomesmartboyhw, i don't think that's the right way to approach things10:10
smartboyhwcub, oh, accessbility10:10
smartboyhwknome, I mean, AFTER the discussion:P10:10
cubyes, from the earlier email to the devel list10:11
knomesmartboyhw, rather than seeing if people "like" it, we should make sure it works for people and has the features we're expecting it to have10:11
smartboyhwOf adding things in or something10:11
smartboyhwknome, alright...10:11
knomesmartboyhw, even if it's something we know people will like, it's no good if it's not ready10:11
cubIt's not hard for them once they have the installation done today, since everything is in the repos. The hard part is to do the installation without any audio feedback or braille reader10:12
knomesmartboyhw, but i do see where you're coming from10:12
smartboyhwknome, so, do YOU think Mir is ready?10:12
smartboyhwxequence, ping10:12
knomesmartboyhw, we're going to evaluate that in a week, but as it is *today*, nope10:12
smartboyhwA week can change a LOt10:12
knomesure10:12
knomethat's why i'm not jumping into any decisions now10:13
knomebut seriously, if there is no multimonitor support, it's not for us10:13
cubmulti monitor would be important for US I think10:13
knomeeven more with vm support10:13
cubUS as in Ubuntu Studio. :D10:13
knomeus and US i think ;)10:13
knomeand us being xubuntu10:13
cubhehe10:13
knomesmartboyhw, we've done quite a lot of testing and i do think we're giving mir a fair shot10:14
smartboyhwknome, :)10:14
knomebut it might be it's not for us at least before 14.1010:14
smartboyhwcub, OvenWerks xequence will you think if it's a good idea to add Mir in if Xubuntu will include Mir?10:15
smartboyhwknome, you mean, 13.10?10:15
knomesmartboyhw, no, 14.1010:15
smartboyhwknome, oh10:15
smartboyhw:)10:15
knomesmartboyhw, if we're not including it for 13.10, i doubt we'll include it in the LTS either10:15
* smartboyhw +1's knome 10:15
cubsmartboyhw, if it works and doesn't use more resources than xorg today I see no issue about using Mir. But that's my personal opinion.10:16
knomeone of the snapping points is if it works for *enough* people10:16
knomeand since we can't know how many users we have or for how many it will work...10:17
knomeand because it's also hard to decide what is "enough"....10:17
smartboyhwknome, yeah:(10:17
cubyeah I would like to know how many users Ubuntu Studio have. I suppose it's not possible10:17
smartboyhwcub, agreed10:17
smartboyhwIf we know it, peopel will be screaming at us, thinking that we are spying on them..10:18
cubexactly.10:18
cubso we should ask NSA how many users there are.10:18
knomecanonical probably has some statistics10:19
knomenot that they are public10:19
cubfrom downloads?10:20
knomeyup10:20
knomeand the mirrors of course10:20
cubmhm10:20
knomebut naturally, one download doesn't mean one user10:20
cubno10:20
knomecould be zero to dozens10:20
cub:)10:20
cubBut as the homepage states "Ubuntu Studio is the most widely used multimedia orientated GNU/Linux distribution in the world."10:20
knomei don't know if you could get any real numbers, but if some mirror had stats about image downloads...10:21
knomeyou could compare if you've gained more users or lost some10:21
knomeand that should be relatively more accurate than trying to estimate a specific number of users10:21
cubstill I can download once and install on 30 pcs, or download 10 isos and only use one.10:22
knomesure10:22
cubI would just be fun to know in a ball park figure10:23
knomebut if you compare download stats for two releases, installing for more/less than one user doesn't sway the stats so much10:23
cubIs it 20? 500? Thousands? Millions? Maybe not but anyhow10:23
knomei'm pretty sure it's thousands10:24
knomefor starters, the @Xubuntu twitter account has ~2500 followers10:24
knomethey might not all be users, but there will definitely be xubuntu users who aren't on twitter10:24
knomelike my mum.10:24
cubhttps://twitter.com/ubuntustudio, 10 followers. Doh!10:24
cubno 36.10:24
cubwohooo10:24
knomewell you've tweeted once, in january...10:25
cubhehe10:25
knomewe've tweeted 239 times and last time less than a week ago10:25
cubyes, I think they have plans for all the communication platforms10:26
knomexubuntu g+, 3908 in circles10:26
cubI think zequence didn't get access to the twitter account until recently10:26
knomexubuntu on facebook, 4865 likes (xubuntu "page", ~8k likes)10:27
knomethere's sure some overlap, but i'm pretty sure there are also unique ones10:27
knomeand there's a lot of people who aren't on social media or are not following10:27
smartboyhwknome, cub I think the problem with the Twitter account is that even xequence does not have the access10:28
knomeso by a tentative estimate, i'd say there is at least 15k xubuntu users...10:28
smartboyhwDamn, three files failed to be patched10:31
cubThere, Xubuntu on FB, +1 like. ;)10:33
knomecub, heh, thanks for the contribution;)10:36
smartboyhwHey DarkEra 11:07
DarkErahi smartboyhw 11:08
* smartboyhw acks first build on linux-rt 3.10 package \o/11:08
xequenceHi. Just about to have lunch. bb shortly11:08
smartboyhwxequence, I'm having good progress here for -rt:)(11:08
smartboyhwThough I have to edit the split queue to make it patchable  11:09
DarkEralaters guys, project X-Masterbedroom is calling11:36
xequencesmartboyhw: cool. I'll check it out later12:35
OvenWerkssmartboyhw: I have yet to get xMIR to work on any machine.13:16
smartboyhwOvenWerks, oh:(13:16
OvenWerksOne is 10years old and the other is new.13:17
cubI got xmir on 32bit to run on both my sony vaio and asus eee pc13:17
smartboyhw*blink*13:17
OvenWerks(so new it needs a kernel newer than 3.8 to work)13:17
cubbut, the 64bit iso just won't boot on my vaio13:17
OvenWerksI have yet to try any 64bit ISO13:18
smartboyhwcub, is it that your processor doesn't support 64-bit?13:18
OvenWerksI have to DL one sometime.13:18
cubno, I run US 64bit13:18
cubI think it's something going wrong when creating the usb stick.13:18
xequenceDoes Xmir require 3d?13:19
cubxequence, not that I notice since it ran on my eee pc13:19
OvenWerksMy personal thought on xMIR/MIR is not to even look at it until after 14.0413:19
xequencecub: Those have up to date gpus13:20
xequencecub: IF you can run gnome-shell, or standard unity, the card has acceleration13:20
xequenceolder cards dont have that13:20
xequenceOvenWerks: Thing is, we might not be running our own DE at all when releasing 14.04. 13:21
cubit can run Unity, just take a few minutes for each mouse click to register. 13:21
xequenceOvenWerks: Apparently edubuntu does things this way. They base everything on Ubuntu, using overrides/additions13:21
xequenceOvenWerks: I'm going to look through their code to set up something for us post 13.10 release13:22
OvenWerksxequence: that may be, but there are a lot of appliactions we ship that are picky about graphics13:22
xequenceOvenWerks: We'll have to find out during 14.04 development period13:22
xequenceOvenWerks: IF we support multiple DEs, we'll choose the one that is best suited as default13:22
OvenWerksWe may end up sitting on top of another flavour, but we may have to "recommand" one of them.13:23
OvenWerks :)13:23
OvenWerksRight now kde works the best for me.13:23
xequenceAll of them work for me. But, I don't use 10+ old machines rightnow13:24
OvenWerksI have a brand new board now too.... as of last week13:24
OvenWerksIntel D2500CC13:25
smartboyhwOvenWerks, if you want to use a machine with 10+ years old, use Lubuntu:P13:25
OvenWerksWhy?13:25
OvenWerksKDE works fine13:25
smartboyhwOvenWerks, it's lightweight really:)13:26
OvenWerksxfce works fine for most things13:26
OvenWerksXVWM is lighter13:26
smartboyhwOvenWerks, you might experience a faster OS using LXDE...13:26
smartboyhwOvenWerks, what's XVWM?13:26
cubI haven't seen much difference between running lubuntu or xubuntu, a bit more resources used on Ubuntu Studio though13:26
OvenWerksmaybe it FVWM13:26
OvenWerksIt was pretty big before kde/gnome showed up13:27
cubbut I would like, when time is available, to look into doing a really slimmed down US for audio recording13:27
xequenceI've never found KDE4 particularly snappy13:28
OvenWerkscub: go headless and use nama/midish13:28
xequenceI think the choice of default DE should have to criterias. It should be good as a live DE. And it should support all our applications13:28
OvenWerksxequence: yes.13:28
xequencesupporting old machines is a plus, but at 2014 I'm not sure if we absolutely need to support machines older than 12 years.13:29
xequenceWe will still have 12.04 for a while13:29
OvenWerksIt should also work on the magority of HW.13:29
xequenceand we should put some effort on keeping it alive13:30
* OvenWerks is off for some family time13:32
xequencecub: There's no difference at all almost13:32
xequencecub: might be, if you need to use a mass of plugins, where you really need some seriouy CPU power13:33
xequenceardour3 is way more efficient then ardour2 when it comes to that13:33
xequenceOvenWerks: See you later13:33
xequencesmartboyhw: I'll wait until after feature freeze until checking what you've done, but if you manage to upload to a PPA, I'll gladly try a kernel13:48
smartboyhwxequence, it should be ready before ff13:48
xequencesmartboyhw: Yes, but since the time is so short, it's not a good idea to try to get the kernel in for 13.1013:49
* smartboyhw agrees13:49
xequence14.04 is our next big goal, so we should have it done by then13:49
smartboyhwxequence, and a -rt patch that can be updated with pace:P13:50
cubOvenWerks, nama has come to mind but I would like to see what could be done within Ubuntu Studio. I still like to run Ardour for instance, but perhaps on a crappy pc in the rehearsal place and then do the mixing on a more powerful pc at home.13:56
cuband after reading several old threads on how "Ubuntu Studio is bloatware" it got me curious on how slim can you go and still call it Ubuntu Studio.13:58
smartboyhwxequence, I've made a git branch for linux-meta-rt source package, see https://github.com/smartboyhw/linux-meta-rt-saucy14:01
xequenceastraljava: You started working on ubiquity plugins at one point right? ubuntustudio-live source. I talked with stgraber, and he pointed me out to their source - edubuntu. I guess yours is based on that too?14:01
xequencesmartboyhw: You really need to use mr Jobs face?14:02
smartboyhwxequence, I'm sorry, but Steve Jobs is my idlo LOL14:02
smartboyhw*idio14:02
smartboyhw*idiol14:02
xequenceidols, who needs them..14:02
smartboyhwxequence, me:P14:02
xequenceWell, it's up to you14:02
xequencebut, it kind of sticks out when seen in context with Linux14:03
cubIf he was alive he would probably sue you.14:03
smartboyhwcub, \o/14:03
xequencelol14:03
astraljavaxequence: Yes I suppose so. It's been a long time since I took a stab at them. I'm gonna have to look them up later, sorry my memory is failing me. :/14:12
smartboyhwastraljava, how are you doing recently?14:14
OvenWerkscub: I would base the apps a sight impared user would find helpful on what sight impared people are actually using.14:57
OvenWerksThere are some very simple things a sighted user does that we don't even think about that are impossible for someone who is blind.14:58
OvenWerksI find nama hard to use, becasue I have to remember so much. :)14:58
OvenWerksBut, not that long ago, the linux world was text based for just about everything14:59
OvenWerksFor example, try learning emacs15:00
cubOvenWerks, Orca and Brltty seems to be the most common for visually impaired. Both are in the repos.15:00
OvenWerksBut emacs still has a huge following in its use area15:00
cubthough from what I've read it might not work that great with Xfce15:00
OvenWerksEasy to try though.15:00
OvenWerkstake even a live image and install those two apps and try it15:01
cubSo I thought, but it didn't even start on my test VM. I'm going to try it at home on a "proper" laptop though15:01
OvenWerksIf they work we should be able to add them15:01
cubyeah. It works with the standard Ubuntu live cd as well as the Ubuntu based Vinux15:02
OvenWerksWhat do those two apps do?15:02
OvenWerksyou may wish to start a conversation with Julian Klassen15:03
cubOrca is a screen reader, so it basically reads everything on the screen out loud. Or can send it to a braille output15:03
cubWho is Julian Klassen, the name looks familiar15:03
cub?15:03
OvenWerksHe is a blind composer/recording artist15:04
cubbrltty sends output to the braille display15:04
OvenWerksHe started out trying to use a mac, but found it very frustrating.15:04
OvenWerksHe switched to linux because he was able to work with it.15:05
OvenWerksWith the mac he found much of his work he needed a sighted person to help with minor things like a setting.15:06
cubmhm15:06
OvenWerksNone of the recording apps worked well for a blind person, not even those that were suppoedly having support for that.15:07
OvenWerksThere are two people on the LAU mailing list who are blind, I have tried to think what would work best for them.15:08
OvenWerksbut many of the apps they want to use require a GUI.15:08
OvenWerksfor example many of the LV2 plugins do15:09
cubNo I can't imagine how to work in Ardour without sight. But when I worked at the Swedish centre for visually impaired the blind sound engineers got along just fine (not with Ardour in that time though)15:09
OvenWerksI know my wife (who can see just fine) has made the effort to learn all the KB shortcuts for speed reasons. I would assume a blind person knows them better.15:11
cubI have to head home. Family waiting. :)15:13
OvenWerksBut she learns them by using sight. Something that auto reads every pop up might be helpful except that most of those show when hovering a mouse or right clicking.15:13
OvenWerksTTYL15:13
OvenWerkswow our CAPS plugin package is a bit behind... we have 0.4.2 and the latest is 0.9.1018:59
OvenWerksthe latest one has what looks like a nice exciter in it.19:00
cuboops19:07
cubNot a department in music where 'older is cooler' :D19:08
OvenWerkscub: That is one of the biggest problems we have. The LTS is missing so much new stuff. Each of our releases becomes important19:15
OvenWerksThing is I am not sure what version debian has for us to sync to.19:15
cubYes it's a mix between providing a stable platform and keep updated with the new cool stuff19:35
cubThen again, the user can always upgrade themselves.19:35
cubIt's just that the support from the community might be a bit trickier.19:36
cubWhich it will be when/if US become DE agnostic I suppose.19:36
cubWhen we try to support all different DEs19:36
knomeother flavors will support the DEs19:39
cubthere will always be the mix when troubleshooting19:52
OvenWerksknome: right. That is what we are relying on.19:56
OvenWerkscub: in many ways we are already DE agnostic.19:57
OvenWerksour metas can be added to any DE now.19:58
OvenWerksOur menu is just waiting for icons.19:58
OvenWerksWe could add an audio-settings package on it's own or as part of the audio meta.19:58
OvenWerkscub: your earlier comment about bloatware is being addressed by allowing a user to only install the workflow they need at initial install.20:00
xequenceOvenWerks: I haven't heard from madeinkobaia or a while. He's usually productive, but if for some reason he hasn't got the icons done by this weekend, I'll fix them20:00
OvenWerksxequence: great!20:00
xequenceOvenWerks: There's not much more that needs to be done. But, if one likes, one could improve them somewhat20:00
xequenceI'll settle for something that works20:01
OvenWerksi'm not an artist, they are already better than mine.20:01
knomexequence, you guys need a hand updating the installer slideshow?20:01
knomegoing to update the xubuntu one today, and i could push US changes to the main branch at the same time20:01
OvenWerksknome, I think ours is pretty much version independant20:02
knomeOvenWerks, sure, just asking if you wanted to change something20:02
OvenWerkswe don't have the new BG figured out I think... that would be the change20:02
knomethe xubuntu one is pretty good too, but we want to change a few things this time20:02
xequenceYes, it would be good to change that image20:02
xequenceWe need a new wallpaper pretty quickly now20:03
knomexequence, UIF on sept 1920:03
xequenceknome: Ah, right20:03
OvenWerksIf there are any internet things that have a date we should look at that.20:03
xequenceit's later20:03
knomesure20:03
xequenceOvenWerks: What do you meanby internet things?20:04
OvenWerksin the slide show, like an email screen that says 2010 or something20:04
OvenWerks(as a message date)20:04
OvenWerksplymouth has no version20:05
xequenceDon't recall anythinglike that, but we needto check either way20:05
knomejust checked and looks like the only thing you need to update is the wallpaper shot and if you want, the USC image if you wish to20:06
knomebzr branch ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu20:06
knomethen run ./test-slideshow.sh ubuntustudio on the branch directory20:06
knomeerr, bzr branch lp:...20:07
cubOvenWerks, sure anyone can tweak an Ubuntu installation. But from a user support area it's always a bit more difficult trying to guide someone running another DE than the same one as myself. I mean in some cases it's hard to guide people even when we look at the same screen.20:09
xequenceknome: So, are you going with LSC for 13.10?20:10
knomexequence, nope20:11
cubLSC?20:15
xequencecub: Lubuntu Software Center20:15
cubaha20:16
xequenceOvenWerks: There will be a meeting on creating a multimedia blend of Debian at debconf20:51
xequenceOvenWerks: That would mean they create metas sort of like we do20:52
xequenceI could imagine us using those instead of our own, or maybe some combination of the two. Since, they will become available with all derivatives20:52
xequencethere could be a reason to think about moving some of our source to Debian20:53
xequencewould probably not be under the ubuntustudio name (not that it can't be)20:53
xequenceit's important of course that we have a similar view on what we want to accomplish with those metas20:54
xequenceJust an idea so far20:54

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