Anyone using Linux?

[pingalep]

is there a possibility to use EAC on linux?
or dopes it exists an equivalent program that extract AUDIO from CD with hi-quality correction options?

 

[jmmtn4aj]

I would if the distros didn't have so much problems with wireless USB adaptors..

 

[Fitz]

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Originally Posted by pingalep /img/forum/go_quote.gif is there a possibility to use EAC on linux? or dopes it exists an equivalent program that extract AUDIO from CD with hi-quality correction options?

cdparanoia

 

[Tsappis]

I have been using Kubuntu (Dapper) for 6 months now. I have absolutely no reason to switch back to Windows XP. Everything works as a dream...

...except my Alien DAC (PCM2702). Every time amaroK finishes a playlist the DAC "gets busy". Xine flashes a warning about the device being busy and not being able to replay any music what-so-ever anymore. Only reboot helps. Any ideas?

 

[jbloudg20]

Ubuntu Dapper for about a year now, befor that was Hoary for a while, before that? Umm Mandrake (now they are Mandriva), Suse, Gentoo.

I'm surrently looking for a good distro that I can run from inside windows off my USB key. I can't deal with windows when I am on other people's ocmputers. DSL sucks.

Any other recs?

 

[kipman725]

DSL sucks? I use that on older pcs and at least in the hard drive install version it's one of my fave OS's for bashing out a few word proccesed documents and browsing the web when I kill all my good pc's (happens every now and again).

 

[jbloudg20]

Well maybe it doesn't suck, but its no Ubuntu

 

[sschell]

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Originally Posted by jbloudg20 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well maybe it doesn't suck, but its no Ubuntu

Are we talking about Ubuntu in live-cd mode?

 

[jbloudg20]

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Originally Posted by sschell /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are we talking about Ubuntu in live-cd mode?

No a full install. Yeah apples to oranges, but still I fint DSL ususable.

 

[episiarch]

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Originally Posted by jefemeister /img/forum/go_quote.gif caution, don't install Ubuntu 6.10 "Edgy"--it has some major problems with Eclipse for some reason. It will get worked out and patched eventually though.

I'm using 6.10 Edgy with Eclipse and the RadRails plugin, and FWIW so far it's working fine for me. I'm still in early days with it, though, so I'm certainly willing to believe that heavier users are seeing problems I haven't come across yet.

I have to say that 6.10 (the first Ubuntu I've tried, so I can't compare it with Dapper) was a real pleasure compared to the Linux distros (and Solaris x86) that I've tried installing in times past. Wireless worked nicely right from the start*, and the GUI's really nicely laid out. I haven't had it installed for long, but I'm turning into a real fan and I'm fairly sure it'll be a keeper.

*[size=xx-small]I did have a little wireless trouble later on, though: the radio switched off during hibernate and didn't auto switch back on during wakeup, and it took me a while to realize that that, and not settings, was the problem. Otherwise, though, it's been painless.[/size]

 

[Aman]

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Originally Posted by jbloudg20 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm surrently looking for a good distro that I can run from inside windows off my USB key. I can't deal with windows when I am on other people's ocmputers. DSL sucks. Any other recs?

I worked on the Damn Small Linux project for a while. I would suggest trying them out again. DSL is very reliant on the user's knowledge of Linux, so perhaps you need to study up on it. What exactly did you have trouble with?

 

[sschell]

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Originally Posted by jbloudg20 /img/forum/go_quote.gif No a full install. Yeah apples to oranges, but still I fint DSL ususable.

My guess is that DSL's usability is based on the speed of your CD drive (and its interface) and the amount of memory you have. Any live-cd is pretty much unusable for me, but that doesn't mean its necessarily inferior. It's just meant for a different type of user

 

[Grogs]

My main PC was dual booting Ubuntu but the mobo broke back in June and I havn't got round to fixing since, when it broke I just put Linux on hold, Windows only on my laptop.

Foobar2000 was still holding me back audio-wise on Windows, although amaroK is pretty nice. A few other applciations were also holding me back... Anyway, I'll get back to Linux sometime this next coming year. Linux really deserves more use, I've got to setup a first computer from a grandparent and I think putting Ubuntu on it might be the best idea, it really is very user-friendly comapred to Windows I think.

 

[jbloudg20]

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Originally Posted by Aman /img/forum/go_quote.gif I worked on the Damn Small Linux project for a while. I would suggest trying them out again. DSL is very reliant on the user's knowledge of Linux, so perhaps you need to study up on it. What exactly did you have trouble with?

I didn't have any problems with it, I jsut didn't like it at all. I know Linux enough to get through many tasks, but I just flat out did not enjoy DSL.

And I was not running it off CD, but off my USB drive.

 

[mustang]

Using Ubuntu 6.06 here with the av-710. No problems at all. Plan to build an alien dac soon (which I heard, has no problems with linux).