Ubuntu studio - anyone got it

Not tried the Studio version specifically, but I guess whether it's better than Vista will depend largely what you want out of an OS.

For almost everything except gaming, I prefer using Linux these days (although in fairness I've not really used Vista very much). Firstly, I like the idea of an OS being free - in both senses of the term - and I find the "community" aspect of Linux to be so refreshing, e.g. the online support forums, the real-life Linux User Groups, etc...

I find that Linux software isn't as commercially-oriented as it is on Microsoft's OSes (that's not to say that there isn't any freeware for Windows, but I find it's not as prolific as it is for *nix).

I also really like the "repository" method of installing software in *nix... which is quite ironic because lots of people used to moan about the difficulties in installing software in Linux - what's so difficult about searching for an app in Synaptic, selecting to install it and clicking Apply..?
 
Vista for me is gettin rather annoying, my 1.47 Ghz dualcore laptop with 2gbram loves inexplicably turning off . I use my laptop for uni work, im doin web design, use programs like notepad2 and adobe creative suite mainly just photoshop.
 
I haven't tried it on its own, but I have used it as an addition to my usual Ubuntu desktop. It's pretty cool, though I don't know how to use most of the asdio and video editing apps. The GIMP is a known quantity. It's not as good as Photoshop, but it's close. Try it out and see if you can use it.

There are loads of text and HTML editors for Linux. Shop around and see what you like. gedit is an old standby. Vim is an old standby used by many programmers who love how it gets out of their way and lets them work. jEdit is useful not only for Java development but pretty much any language. There are loads more to try as well. MonoDevelop looks really cool but it only really works on SuSE, which is a shame. You can try to get it on another distro but you'll have to shave your remaining hair after you pull most of it out.
 
Well theres nothing really in buntu studio that isn't in normal buntu...

But what it does do, is install a load of relevant packages in one go. All i did was install the video and audio packages, (which pulled down all sorts of stuff like JACK) plus the theme (plus backgrounds, icons etc)...the theme is ace.
 
I agree with Dave-lew99.

My mate is heavily into ubuntu and I like the ide aof having a PC setup for linux, but in truth I dont know too much about it to go deeper than the desktop, but he asked me to go with Studio as its more geared towards movies and Music etc...

Its not really.

Sure, it does have a tiny bit more, but nothing that you cant also add from a basic install. or simply find with 10 seconds of google searches.
 
Well everybody knows that going into it. You can turn any flavor of *buntu into any other flavor by passing one command, usually. It's just the base configuration in any case.

Heck, you could install all of them and switch between the sessions.
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Edubuntu, Fluxbuntu, and more
 
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