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Russ Phillips wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 28/01/06, Keith Abraham <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:keith@keithabrahm.port995.com"><keith@keithabrahm.port995.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">For those that are interested the only application I really miss
is Steinberg's Cubase.
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As Jen said, LUG Radio are in the process of writing a Cubase
replacement. The wiki page is probably the best page for information:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.lugradio.org/index.php/JonoEdit">http://wiki.lugradio.org/index.php/JonoEdit</a>
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<font face="sans-serif">JonoEdit is certainly an app to keep an eye on.
I like the idea of<br>
rethinking the interface.<br>
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The main asset of Cubase as far as I am concerned is it's abilty to<br>
print scores. My brother composes "serious" music ie. not pop and<br>
we used Cubase to compose and print the scores. As we are both<br>
musicians (he has the talent) we enjoyed the cooperative<br>
experience of tidying up the scores and printing them.<br>
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In this respect Rosegarden is the closest I have seen to Cubase.<br>
Until recently Rosegarden was a bit flakey but it seems to be<br>
maturing nicely. So hopefully I can soon help my brother again<br>
(albeit at a distance as he lives in Plymouth). Incidently one of the<br>
DCLUG subscribers is/was part of the coding team for Rosegarden.<br>
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<pre wrap=""> I was somewhat surprised to how little activity there is
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I get the impression that LUGs vary a lot. Staffs LUG seems to be
similar to Cumbria, and probably for similar reasons - it's a large,
sparsely populated county. Manchester LUG seems to be more active.
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<pre wrap=""> In my experience increasing the GNU/Linux user base is never easy
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I still think Ubuntu CDs are the way to go here - the CD packs that
they send out have a live CD and an install CD. The live CD includes a
bunch of open source Windows programs (like Firefox, Thunderbird,
OpenOffice.org etc), which is a bonus.
Russ
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<font face="sans-serif">I still prefer Knoppix and especially Kanotix
as their CD's operate
as a<br>
live CD and include all the above plus an installer which can be invoked<br>
from the Live CD's desktop. I usually burn them myself and hand them<br>
out to anyone who shows an interest in Linux. If I can I try a friendy<br>
check up at a later date to see how they got on. In my experience if<br>
someone doesn't show an interest in Linux then handing out CDs via<br>
willing computer shops etc is a waste.
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Keith
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