hi Kaj *ok will do. I have several computers and many harddrives so its no problem. just not looking forward to doing the dev environment again.* * I'm waiting to get an operation on my back so for the foreseeable future I don't have nothing better to do.*
*Thanks for having me* *Grant* On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Kaj Ailomaa <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, May 30, 2015, at 09:46 AM, Grant Burton wrote: > > Greetings all > > > > my name is Grant and I'm an American ex-pat living in Spain. I'm a > > musician/computer repair dude. I've been using Ubuntu studio several > > years > > because, somehow I ended up with an HP media center PC with a TV card and > > studio is the only operating system I could get everything to work. I do > > have another computer I could use. I just need ddr3 memory that should be > > here any day now. > > > > I'm not a programmer but I've been an official beta tester for windows, > > symantec and sound-forge. I've installed Ubuntu on over 50 different > > computers and Ubuntu studio on 5 > > > > I use kdenlive & Ardour extensively > > > > I tried to upgrade my system to wily.... it took several hours and at > > first > > glance everything seem ok but it's not. I upgraded because it was really > > hard to get the TV card to work and I was hoping it would keep the > > configuration… it didn't > > > > Question: how could I better help your project…. should I keep this > > installation or install from zero? > > > > > > Hi Grant! > > Sounds like you have some experience in installations, and we could use > some more help with testing. > There's no formal testing for a while, since we're mostly doing planning > atm. > > It's best if you have a machine exclusively for testing/development, so > that you don't need to bork your production environment. It's quite > alright to use a virtual machine for a lot of the work, though for low > latency audio and some of the video/graphics you will need an actual > machine. Dual boot is ok too. > > A fresh install is recommended. Best to get rid of any old settings, > even user settings and start fresh to make sure to not have any odd > variables floating around. > > If you like, you can begin testing right away, and as soon as you find a > bug, a problem, or you have any questions, just let us know. > Else, you can just hang back for now, and we'll get to the more formal > testing later, which will not commence until for another month at least. > > You are also wecome to join any discussions we have until then which > concerns planning. > > That's about all I can think of right now :) > > /Kaj > > -- > ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel >
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