New releases from Damn Small Linux, NetBSD and Musix
Thanks to Distrowatch for the following news:
It's been days since I found out about the Damn Small Linux 4.2 release candidate, and it's already available in a final version. Things do happen fast. Replacing Xpaint with MtPaint is a great idea, and this is a distro I'll be downloading and burning to CD soon.
NetBSD prides itself on being ported to the maximum number of platforms possible. Funny that it won't load on my VIA C3 Samuel-based machine, but if you're into BSD, NetBSD 4.0 has arrived.
And people don't tend to think of Linux when the topic of music recording comes up, but I've heard a lot lately about advanced audio tools available in Linux. A new distribution, Musix GNU+Linux 1.0R3 comes from a project that isn't exactly English-friendly. Its Web page is available in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Russian. But there is a Wiki in English. Check out the FAQ.
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Steven Rosenberg aims to learn what he does not know. He writes about it here.
Steven Rosenberg aims to learn what he does not know. He writes about it here.
But OpenBSD will load on the VIA-based Maxspeed Maxterm converted thin client. I might try to get a usable desktop system together, but only with the help of this PDF-only book from O'Reilly. There's a similar PDF for FreeBSD. $9.95 is a small price to pay, I think.
But I'm still wondering whether the extra effort required to run BSD on the desktop (and the relative lack of polish in PC-BSD and DesktopBSD) is worth overcoming. There is a whole lot of software available in ports, and I may try again, but for the desktop, Linux is way, way ahead.
Hi,
Musix is english friendly: all the system is in english and the Web too: http://www.musix.org.ar/en/index.html
Also, we have mailing list in english, thanks for publishing it, regards
A system focused on music recording is something really needed in Linux. Everything in Windows and Mac costs so much. I don't know much about music-recording hardware, but I hope there is more development in this area. Thanks for the comment.