[Coco] OT Linux question

Wed Mar 20 10:04:28 EDT 2013

There is the Linux Tiny project whose aim is to deflate the size of the kernel.

I too cut my teeth with a disk less Internet gateway in the 90's ;-)

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On Mar 20, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would love to make the switch to linux as a desktop, especially with what
> Microsoft has done with Windows 8, which I use, but I have "forced" it to
> ackt like what I will call "normal" windows with a start menu and a real
> desktop using "classic shell".  Right now it seems the think to do in Linux
> is to create a new distribution.  I think that has fragemented the
> developement, with each of the major distributions going down different
> paths.  Initially one of my draws to Linux was that fact it was not overly
> bloated.  It has lost that now with each major needing at a minimum
> somewhere around 100mb just for the install media.  My first introduction
> to linux fit onto a hand full of floppy disks, and I used on a headless 486
> to act as a router to share my internet connection, this was before routers
> before those became cheap throw away boxes. It ran flawlessly for 5 years,
> the last 3 months the hard drive failed and I had no idea, it just kept
> running until the power failed.  That worked with noting but a CLI.  Now a
> minimal linux distribution for a CLI only interface would never fit on a
> small mound of floppies.  It seems to me somewhere the idea of tight
> efficient code got lost, but this is coming from someone who has only
> dabbled in writing software code, maybe I am wrong on that.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Same here, I use professional multi channel audio recording software and
>> Linux just hasn't caught up yet, though Ardour in the 64 Studio 2.1 distro
>> is looking better all the time. The problem with audio software for Linux
>> is (from what I've read) there's so many "plugin" loops that tie various
>> Windows and Mac type drivers into Linux, that real time recording suffers.
>> There is development for "true" drivers in this area, but I need ASIO
>> (industry standard for studios) and Linux just hasn't got the full support
>> yet. I record at 24 bit 48 khz and sometimes 96 khz using up to 8 channels
>> (soon to be 16) simultainiously and the overhead of Linux's audio system is
>> just too much for this kind of recording.
>> 
>> I'm using the Linux box to test my latest Coco creation on the Linux
>> Drivewire server. I needed to see if the program responded the same under
>> Linux as it did in Windows. Now if I could just find someone with a Mac DW
>> server and a 512k Coco 3 running NitrOS9. I really need to test this
>> format. Anyone interested, send me an email
>> 
>> Thanks guys
>> Bill
>> 
>> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>> Bill Pierce
>> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lciotti1 <lciotti1 at gmail.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 10:05 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] OT Linux question
>> 
>> 
>> For windows print to pdf - have always used the free CutePDF program.
>> 
>> I have never used a linux box as my desktop for very long.  I am always
>> drawn
>> back to windows because of work, and there are some types of programs that
>> either do not exist in linux or the ones that do are so far behind I just
>> can't
>> fight with them.
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Frank Swygert <farna at att.net>
>> Sender: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com
>> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:47:36
>> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Reply-To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] OT Linux question
>> 
>> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:49:46 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: Bill Pierce<ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
>> 
>> Thanks John
>> I actually have Adobe Acrobat 5.0 for Windows, but it will not install
>> under
>> Windows Vista 64 bit. Too old
>> It allowed me to "print" to pdf from MS word which was great.
>> So this is exactly what I was looking for.
>> 
>> ======================
>> 
>> There are several "print to PDF" utilities for Windows as well. I've been
>> using
>> a product called "PDF995" (www.pdf995.com). Works great. You can go to
>> www.downloads.com and find something as well. PDF995 has you install
>> Ghostscript
>> and works though that. PDF995 installs a printer driver, you just select
>> that as
>> the printer and away you go, just like the Linux PDF printer.
>> 
>> I tried Scribus for DTP but it just wasn't developed enough for me yet,
>> too many
>> changes taking place. I bought a copy of PageStream (PgS) which is a mature
>> product and works well. I don't mind paying for Linux software as long as
>> it's
>> reasonably priced ($100-150 in this case), is supported, and works well.
>> PgS was
>> originally written for the Amiga and was popular on that platform, was
>> ported to
>> Windows and Linux.
>> 
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