[Novalug] ubuntu problem with repositories

jerry w jerrywone@gmail.com
Tue Feb 21 09:38:10 EST 2012


https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ubuntu%20Studio%20Upgrade%20from%20Ubuntu
looks interesting

starting from LUbuntu, XUbuntu,
Kubuntu, or vanilla Ubuntu
or whatever (Fedora ;-)
and roll your own ;-/

And your hardware requirements
don't seem to match using Studio
or maybe I'm missing some info...


Real time kernel for low latency
sound is another matter,
and also interesting,
but for different reasons
(at least to me)


On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell@qis.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, jerry w wrote:
>
>> You could consider LUbuntu
>> with LXDE which I've found nice
>> on a netbook (until I inadvertently
>> deleted the running kernel on Precise...)
>
>
> interesting idea
>
> i had xubuntu set up and running and the desktop configured as I like it so
> I was going to continue to use it. xfce is becoming the default gui for
> ubuntu studio.
>
> of course I did pick up a much newer used Dell but I have not set it up. i
> like my old red case with the window and the colored lights for the fans.
>
> cheaper than getting a sports car. :-)

doesn't mean you can't add Lights
to your bike ;-/

>
> i suppose I could set up the Dell if I can find some deskspace and then see
> if I can put a newer mother board and cpu in my year 2002 built machine.
>
>
>
>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell@qis.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, Ed James wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bonnie, I'm new to Ubuntu, so I'm feeling my way around here,  but I
>>>> think
>>>> you might want to try:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/2buntu/ppa/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/source/Sources.gz
>>>>
>>>> instead of
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/ppa/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/source/Sources.gz
>>>>
>>>> I didn't poke around much, so it's possible that launchpad moved stuff
>>>> around
>>>> on you.  I have no clue if the URL I looked at actually has what you are
>>>> looking for - just a WAG on my part.
>>>
>>>
>>> will try it - maverick is getting long in the tooth but sometimes when i
>>> do the upgrade to the next version all sorts of problems arise so I
>>> have to upgraded versions.
>>>
>>> am downloading and burning the cd's for natty and onieric however.
>>>
>>> my machine is old enough that i have had to go to xubutu - even gnome was
>>> giving me some problems with resources and I do not want the new gui
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ed James
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Jerry W



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