[Coco] OT Linux question

[Louis Ciotti]

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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