Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Would Ubuntu Studio Team be Interested in Partnering with New England Conservatory?

2016-07-07 Thread Jimmy Sjölund
Original Message Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Would Ubuntu Studio Team be Interested in Partnering with New England Conservatory? Local Time: July 7, 2016 11:58 PM UTC Time: July 7, 2016 9:58 PM From: s...@ubuntustudio.org To: ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Also I

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Would Ubuntu Studio Team be Interested in Partnering with New England Conservatory?

2016-07-07 Thread Devin
On 07/07/2016 05:58 PM, Set Hallstrom wrote: > If you want to use Ubuntu Studio in your classes, you are welcome > to do so on your own behalf. If you expect official statements and > support guarantees, please reach out to Canonical. > http://partners.ubuntu.com/contact-us Done. Fingers cross

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Would Ubuntu Studio Team be Interested in Partnering with New England Conservatory?

2016-07-07 Thread Devin
On 07/07/2016 05:58 PM, Set Hallstrom wrote: >> Also I still think that a clear, "official-ish" message from the >> > core team of Ubuntu Studio would be a great asset. So far, I have >> > been telling people that "If NEC students provide bug reports, >> > Ubuntu developers will respond to fix them

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Would Ubuntu Studio Team be Interested in Partnering with New England Conservatory?

2016-07-07 Thread lukefromdc
Maybe they should be reminded that they are using Linux every time they connect to a webserver, fire up an Android phone, or even use some embedded systems. In some markets MS has little more market share than Apple had in 1999-and even OSx is just a proprietary Unix with a custom DE and window sy

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Would Ubuntu Studio Team be Interested in Partnering with New England Conservatory?

2016-07-07 Thread Devin
On 07/07/2016 09:16 PM, lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: > Why on Earth are they first going out of their way to buy Ubuntu machines, > then installing Windows? When I asked, they said it is b/c those machines are cheaper. They already have a school license with Windows (perhaps 500 machines or so)

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Would Ubuntu Studio Team be Interested in Partnering with New England Conservatory?

2016-07-07 Thread lukefromdc
Why on Earth are they first going out of their way to buy Ubuntu machines, then installing Windows? Is it an attempt to avoid preinstalled crapware or vendor-provided malicious extras perhaps? Maybe the Lenovo crapware with UEFI driven reinstallation got their attention and they simply don't want

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Would Ubuntu Studio Team be Interested in Partnering with New England Conservatory?

2016-07-07 Thread Set Hallstrom
Hi, On 2016-07-07 23:15, Devin Ulibarri wrote: > Hi, > > This is my update: > > I just found out that the IT team at New England Conservatory (NEC) > is purchasing DELL computers with "Ubuntu" pre-installed, but wiping > their hard drives and installing Windows instead. > > The IT team said t

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Would Ubuntu Studio Team be Interested in Partnering with New England Conservatory?

2016-07-07 Thread Devin Ulibarri
Hi, This is my update: I just found out that the IT team at New England Conservatory (NEC) is purchasing DELL computers with "Ubuntu" pre-installed, but wiping their hard drives and installing Windows instead. The IT team said they are willing to consider making some computers available with Ubu

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ardour back port testing

2016-07-07 Thread Set Sakrecoer
On 2016-07-07 05:37, C. F. Howlett wrote: The proposed message looks good. C. F. Howlett Thanks cfhowlett and Len :) Krytarik did a deep digging and found/corrected quite a few errors and it is now live on: http://ubuntustudio.org/2016/07/backports-the-benefits-and-the-consequences/ I think