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mbuntu

Status Update 15/01: Thanks to a kind donation from stryd's neighbour, we now have a box dedicated to mbuntu development. Now working out the finer points of the interaction between apps and also some config tricks. mbuntu's beginnings are stryd_one's full-time operating system on three machines, so it could be said that it's coming along OK, or you wouldn't be reading this ;)

Status Update 07/09: Script is coming along slowly. Still screening apps and learning the ins and outs of packaging.

If you would like to install a few things to figure out what's the “best” tool for a certain job, shout out!
If you know about .deb packaging, we'd love any advice you can offer :)

There's a lot of stuff listed here - don't worry, we're anti-bloat. Only the apps that are worthy will make the cut. And you don't have to install them all!

means we're pretty sure about this one Add one of these if you see something you really want!
means please share any info you have and can find

We can tidy the page up as this gets more structured.

Aims

An out-of-the-box platform for:

general use / researching (web, email, viewers)
modifying, building, and uploading midibox apps
developing PCBs/schematics/panels
making music
dev for other similar projects (arduino, synth DIY, etc)

Software

Please name any suggestions you have, especially where you see a

Misc

hardware support

Wicd Wireless network manager
EasyStroke Mouse gestures
btnx Mouse button support
wiimote

Internet

FireFox Browser
CLOE package of FF addons
Adobe Flash Plugin
Thunderbird Email
XChat IRC Client (not XChat-gnome, but the other one)
pidgin IM
skype IM/VoIP
Transmission BitTorrent Client
gnubversion NautilusSVN SVN GUI
samba Sharing CIFS for Windoze boxes

System

ubuntu-tweak Name says it all
DDM clipboard manager
Sun Java Runtime
document viewers (pdf, images, etc)
media player (video, mp3, ogg, dvb-t, etc) VLC media player? exaile? MPlayer, Xine or FFMpeg? XMMS Player? amarok?
ogg vorbis
mp3
FLAC
MKVtoolnix (gotta sample international movies!)
NSSBackup Backup utility
Disk/data recovery tool(s)
TrueCrypt Data encryption
OpenOffice Office Tools
Google apps integration Office Tools
Virtualbox Virtualisation
AcetoneISO CD/DVD burner CD/DVD ripper
Task manager Task Coach
KeePassX Password manager

DIY Dev

MIDIbox

Must-haves!

MIOS studio MIOS util
GPUTILS Assembler/linker
SDCC Compiler
ARM-GCC CodeSourcery ARM compiler
binutils all the tools for running make (already in ubuntu)
Perl
piklab burner/jdm software, IDE, you name it
picprog console app for jdm/burner
geany Text editor
cream Text editor for boffins
kicad Schematic and PCB CAD
qalculate-gtk Calculator
simplesysexxer sysex uploader
jsynthlib Java Synth librarian/patch editor
SIDv2Editor Java MBSID Editor
Eagle Schematic and PCB CAD

Other

JDK Sun Java Dev Kit
Circuit simulation with audio output
speaker design and modelling
DSP design
FPGA stuff
AVR toolchain ponyprog
XCircuit

* Eclipse Probably overkill but it leaves lots of room for growth. Needs lots of config, we should leave it out I think

Audio

linux-rt (realtime kernel)
rtirq
JACK
jackrack
qjackctl
qmidiroute
NetJACK
libjackasyn
Meterbridge
audio/MIDI over Ethernet/IP PulseAudio does RTP audio but not midi. RTP-MIDI is a mystery! HELP!!
LADSPA
LV2
DSSI
ALSA
LASH Audio Session Handler
gLASHCtl GUI for LASH/Jack
aconnect GUI
aseqnet
aseqview
virmidi
QMidiArp
QMidiRoute
QMidiControl
QAMix
QARecord
XMMS
XMMS-JACK

Rosegarden
Ardour
pd
jack
alsa
seq24
architectural acoustic modelling
MuSE (streaming)
MuSE (sequencer)
hydrogen
Freqtweak
audacity
LMMS
LinuxSampler
qsampler
JAMin
Mixxx
xwax DJ software
gAlan,
Ingen
OpenSoundWorld
Machina
SooperLooper
TimeMachine
CSound
Musician's calculator
FluidSynth
QSynth
Traverso
Qtractor
Jaaa
Japa
Aeolus organ emulator
gmorgan organ emulator
Tapiir
AMSynth
ZynAddSubFx
ALSA Modular Synth
SimSam
Beast/BSE
ReZound
Renoize Tracker
milkytracker Tracker
aldrin Tracker
mcontrol
jOrgan
Sweep?
Tranches
Non-Sequencer
kmidimon midi monitor
MiMo midi monitor
vmpk Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard
Freewheeling http://freewheeling.sourceforge.net/
Kluppe http://kluppe.klingt.org/
Specimen http://zhevny.com/specimen/
SooperLooper http://www.essej.net/sooperlooper/
FreeCycle beat-slicer and general loop tool

Graphics

inkscape Vector Graphics
gimp Raster Graphics
Blender 3d Graphics

Video / VJ

DVDStyler DVD Authoring
Tovid VCD/DVD Authoring
ZoneMinder >1.24 (currently beta) Motion sensing security in your studio/lab via webcam and IP cam.
virtualdub
other video editor
video synth (like vvvv)
FreeJ
LiVES
VeeJay
EffecTV
DelVJ
MoB
GePhex
terminatorX
synaesthesia
whitenoise
Cinelerra
Kino
XawTV
Me-TV (TV shows = good samples!)
PiTiVi
Stopmotion
Enblend - an image compositing program
FontForge
Scribus
Synfig

See http://www.piksel.no/pwiki/LiveCDSoftWare !! That's a liveCD for VJ's

Links for harvesting apps:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/PackageList
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Wishlist
http://www.clug.in-chemnitz.de/vortraege/multimedia/SOFTWARE/linux_soundapps.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_audio_software
http://trac.64studio.com/64studio/browser/64studio/trunk/tasksel-data/64studio-tasks.desc
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/packages.html
http://apps.linuxaudio.org/

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