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Tue Jul 22 11:35:58 BST 2008

Hello Matthew!

I'm the co-lead of Ubuntu Studio.
Your story is definetly awesome. Makes me proud of what we have built.

I am trying to recollect personal stories of Ubuntu Studio users,
especially people like you who have used Ubuntu Studio for something
special and community benefitial.

Could you please put me up to date with the effect Ubuntu Studio has
had in your school. And can you please add some photos of you and your
students using it and showing the love ;)

I am going to publish in the net a few personal stories with Ubuntu
Studio, and yours is perfect. I need it! Hopefully this will bring
some attention, make media in free software better, and then your
future students will be even more interested, and the circle will
continue.

Thanks!

Luis de Bethencourt

On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 2:20 AM, Matthew Polashek <matt at tinysongs.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've been a Linux audio freak for about 5 years now.  I started by
> building low latency and pre-emption kernels with patches back when
> you had to do it by hand!  I took a PC out of the garbage from my
> work (Pentium II 300 I think) and building ardour on it.  It used to
> be epic and all my nerd-friends were very impressed I was able to do
> it!  Now I am teaching music in a High School in a gang ridden
> neighborhood in Brooklyn.  It's one of these small schools with 400
> students and we are financially challenged, as all schools in NYC
> are.  We have been very fortunate to receive some money for computers
> from JP Morgan Chase, but there is only one PC in my classroom and
> I'm still using my Mac Laptop (Ubuntu Studio for PPC
> please?!?!?!?!?!)  running OSX and Ardour2 for my students.  I have
> found out that one of the best ways to get their attention is to have
> them record music in the classroom.  Instead of having students
> running out of class and literally tearing down my door, they are now
> running to class and banging on my door all day long.  It's
> exhausting to go without a prep period or a lunch for months, but
> seeing these students grow and watching their grades and attendance
> go up makes it all worth it.
>
> Anyway, I was able to get ahold of some P4 2.66 PCs for my classroom,
> and while there is still no funding for software, I have the ability
> now to give them production workstations to work and learn on.  And
> thanks to UbuntuStudio, I can now configure these machines without
> the huge time investment that something like CCRMA takes.  (I
> installed the latest FC6 version and still can't launch ardour2 as a
> non-root user even after multiple e-mail list postings and some
> excellent help from their developers.  Music teachers that are also
> working musicians don't have that much time!)  An added bonus is the
> eye-candy aspect.  The wonderful theme you guys have put in place
> will hook them really fast, I'm sure!  And when they find out they
> can install this on their home PCs, they will probably freak out!
>
> I have had other staff members approach me to do various multimedia
> projects, but I have had to tell them they would either have to use
> my personal machines or suffer.  Now I will be able to help them!
> (I'm the music teacher, tech guy, and Robotics nerd all in one...such
> is the life of a small school teacher.)
>
> I recently introduced one of my more advanced students to Digital
> Performer 5, but the complexity to a bit intense for him.  Ardour2 is
> still a bit unstable on OSX.  I think the Linux version will provide
> a much more satisfactory experience for me and my students!
>
> Again, I can't thank the UbuntuStudio team enough!
>
> Matt
>
>
> On May 23, 2007, at 10:11 AM, Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
>
>> Please explain why your school and students. We want to know your
>> personal experience and use for the distro/system.
>>
>> Luis
>>
>> On 5/23/07, Matthew Polashek <matt at tinysongs.com> wrote:
>>> You rule!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> My school and students, as well as I thank you!
>>>
>>>
>>> Matthew Polashek
>>> Home: 732.424.6153
>>> Cell: 908.642.5770
>>> matt at tinysongs.com
>>> www.tinysongs.com
>>> www.JandMJazz.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 22, 2007, at 8:19 PM, Cory K. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Matthew Polashek wrote:
>>> Doh!  OK.
>>>
>>> Is there a path from Ubuntu regular to Ubuntu studio or any alternate
>>> installation process to get to Ubuntustudio that does not involve a
>>> DVD drive?
>>>
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/UpgradingFromFeisty
>>> On May 22, 2007, at 8:09 PM, Cory K. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Matthew Polashek wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Is there a non-DVD version of Ubuntustudio I can download somewhere?
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> No. We have no plans for one but never say never.
>>>
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