Comments for Review: Ubuntu Studio 7.04

i've played around with normal Ubuntu to try and get audio editing programs working and what Ubuntu Studio has done is really good in this regard. Maybe they should just call it "Ubuntu Audio" or make it really clear that the other sections are very much a work in progress.

Is the creator of ubuntu studio committed to ensuring the 'lacking' software in ubuntu studio (as described in the above comments) gets regular updates / expansion?

Do any linux users who have expertise in these areas have input?

BTW

I think good practice is to always install the base ubuntu distro ... and they add the software you want ...

I do have to say I do not see the point in U.S. having its own desktop ... someone please tell me why? ... It just looks like GNOME with a colour change.

Here is a link to installing ubuntustudio after / post feisty fawn install via the terminal / command line
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2660460&postcount=190

Dyne:Bolic may be a better distro for the target audience of multimedia artists and developers.

I didn't install it. But the theme looks soooo nice. I want to install it, but the repo is 32bit only :(

True, you can turn Ubuntu into Studio, but the purpose of this distro was to take the pain out of configuring everything.

Also, once big plus is that Ubunt Studio doesn't rely on the ubuntu-desktop metapackage, so you can safely modify gnome to your liking without worrying that apt will delete everything.

hmm this reveiw was certainly interesting, i have read a couple of others and they both seem to think it quite a good reliese, i myself have not got it yet and i am going to go find a few more reviews around before i do, but so far i think i probably will give it a go, after all that new theme does look VERY nice =)

I have to admit, yes I am damn tired of windows instability, and system resources hogging, and I have been scouring the linux variants for days. I initially installed ubuntu, then found freespire, burned it ot a CD but havent installed it yet. After a review or two I read the CNR is basically a trial ware deal, so that fouled out freespires appeal, not to mention the windows look is easier for a new linux user like me, but not remarkable in any way, and comes off like a clone of windows itself in the sake of making things easier for the user. Ubuntu Im finding out is the most reccomended OS. And Yes slap me around if you will the user interface and look of unbuntu studios definately warrant a DVD of mine getting burned. Im a sucker for a beautiful woman, unbuntu studio is attractive no matter its short comings which I hear for a unbuntu OS is easy to remedy. I wonder how well it would work for 3D graphics, Gaming, things like 3DS max? As well as the normal Windows stuff, like the internet, movies, and ripping and listening to music/videos ect that we've all done on standard MS winblows machines?
Im very interested in linux, as well as what can be done with them as compare to what were all force fed all day long,... Microshaft Winblows XP/Vista.

Why don't they just work in the nice kernel and themeing benefits into regular Ubuntu? Especially the theming...I think great standard theming is one of those small things where Ubuntu (or most GNU/Linux distros in general as far as I've seen) lacks a little compared to other OS's.

You complain about Ubuntu Studio not having a LiveCD option, but you fail to realize the technical reasons behind this.

1.) A live distro running from a DVD would be very slow because the seek/read time of a DVD is much slower than your average CD. There is a lot more data on the disk, and it is far more condensed. Running any distro off a DVD would make it slow as crap.

2.) When you run a liveCD, the majority of the OS is stored in the RAM for quick access. This distro is over 850 MB, and that's in its most heavily-compressed state! It would take well over 1 GB of RAM to run this thing directly from disk with any kind of performance. This not only leaves a great deal of the linux userbase out of the loop (especially the ones trying to breathe new life into older hardware), but it would make a bad impression on whoever decided to try the Live version, making them assume it's a resource hog, when we all know that couldn't be further from the truth.