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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 :)
Turn this page into a table with: No longer req'd, additional repos all in the script already with comments.
App name| Description| Home page| Latest Version| Repo Location (Existing OR Destination)|Existing Repo Version OR Packaging Priority|
Add footnotes for links like howto's etc
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
- NautilusSVN SVN GUI
- samba Sharing CIFS for Windoze boxes
- gFTP FTP/SFTP/FXP/etc Client
System
- ubuntu-tweak Name says it all
- DDM clipboard manager
- Sun Java Runtime
- Evince, eog document viewers (pdf, images, etc) (Installed by default)
- NSSBackup Backup utility
- Disk/data recovery tool(s)
- TrueCrypt Data encryption
- OpenOffice Office Tools
- Google apps integration Office Tools
- Task Coach Task manager
- KeePassX Password manager
- Virtualbox Virtualisation
- CDemu CD/DVD emulation (like daemon tools)
- lirc Infrared remotes
- media CODECs (video, dvb-t, wav, mp3, mkv, ogg, flac, etc) (Prefer xine over gstreamer)
- Totem-xine (Remove Totem-gstreamer)
- Gnome-MPlayer
- gxine
- xine and all plugins
- gstreamer and all plugins
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
- 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
- DVD::Rip Have a guess what this does
- 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/