[LAA] announcing openArtist linux distribution.
hello
I want to announce openArtist (http://www.openartisthq.org). Its a ready to use ubuntu flavour build for
creative people.
Its main categories are 2D, 3D, Audio, Video, VJ, HardwareInterfacing, Programming and Collaboration.
it is a try to put all things that are relevant in terms of multimedia into one package, ready configured and documented.
- based on ubuntu hardy, but heavily patched to jaunty, in terms of multimedia.
- custom made menues, with all the tools sorted logically.
- can be used as livecd or installed.
A specialization in other areas than audio (3D, VJ, e.g) is completely lacking in GNU/Linux, so I think that
my project has the right of existence. Also I think I digg a bit deeper, e.g. I also include free windows apps
via wine and applications that run in the webbrowser (the aviary tools, for example).
as stated before, the documentation is onboard, which means there is a mindmap (actually a net of mindmaps,
which is also the website), which collects everything relevant about a program. There is also extended
help in the comments when you hover over an application launcher, local documentation symlinked into one
directory, special help built into menue structure or program launchers, where needed
I stated to digg deeper, and I want to prove this with the examples of how I went into audio and 3D
audio:
I tried to make things as smooth and easy as possible.
In openArtist, there are mainly Jack and Alsa (also pulseaudio, but its turned off by default)
For every program that needs Jack to run (good), qjackctl will start with that program, automatically
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