mintCast 150: Podcasting With Jack

Listen: mintcast150.mp3 or mintcast150.ogg

News:

[8:15]

Linux Mint Debian 201303 RC released! (blog.linuxmint.com)
The Unofficial LMDE KDE distro breaks away, becomes a real Official Distro – SolydXK. (solydxk.com)
The Python Foundation provides an update on its trademark dispute while Simon Phipps offers a clear write-up of what happened. (pyfound.blogspot.co.uk) (infoworld.com)
LG acquires WebOS, while HP introduces an Android powered tablet. (techcrunch.com) (engadget.com)
Yet another Raspberry PI (unofficial) manual. (makeuseof.com)

[33:20]

coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.(http://www.coreboot.org)

[42:00]

Jack Audio Connection Kit — JACK is system for handling real-time, low latency audio (and MIDI). JACK was designed from the ground up for professional audio work, and its design focuses on two key areas: synchronous execution of all clients, and low latency operation. (http://jackaudio.org/)

ArtistX is based on Ubuntu GNU/Linux and contains nearly all the available free audio, 2D and 3D graphics, and video software for the GNU/Linux computing platform. (http://artistx.org/)

OpenArtist: A Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It tries to combine free software into a suite for creative people. Driven by the fact that there are so many cool applications out there, but most people do not know them, openArtist tries to be a complete package of creative software.. (http://openartisthq.org/)

[1:30:25]

The Penguin Producer is a website dedicated to the advancement of Linux as a viable media production platform. Whether you want to make movies, podcasts, or music; whether it’s intended to be recorded or streamed live, you can find tips, tricks, tutorials, and tool documentation here that can help you bring on your “A Game” in Linux. (http://www.penguinproducer.com/)