[ale] tutorial/presentation on Ubuntu Studio

[Brian Pitts]

On 01/29/2010 03:02 PM, Daniel Howard wrote:
> Folks, has anyone in ALE given a talk or tutorial on Ubuntu Studio, or 
> know of one that exists somewhere?  I don't see anything on it in our 
> archives on quick scan.  Googling gives one talk given in vancouver on 
> it [0] but no slides from the presentation. 

I don't know if you can find much material on Ubuntu Studio. After all,
it's mostly Ubuntu with an expanded set of software included by default.
It's the extra software that's interesting.

I haven't looked at it yet, but the library here in Athens told me they
were ordering the book 'Crafting Digital Media: Audacity, Blender,
Drupal, GIMP, Scribus, and other Open Source Tools.' [0] The description
of the book is

'Open source software, also known as free software, now offers a
creative platform with world-class programs. Just ask the people who
have completed high-quality projects or developed popular web 2.0 sites
using open source desktop applications. This phenomenon is no longer
underground or restricted to techies—there have been more than 61
million downloads of the Audacity audio editor and more than 60 million
downloads of the GIMP for Windows photographic tool from SourceForge.net
alone.

Crafting Digital Media is your foundation course in photographic
manipulation, illustration, animation, 3D modelling, publishing,
recording audio and making music, DJ’ing, mixing and mastering audio
CDs, video editing and web content delivery. Every technique described
in the book can be achieved on GNU/Linux, but many of the applications
covered run on Windows and Mac OS X as well. New to GNU/Linux and a
little daunted? Don’t worry—there’s a step-by-step tutorial on Ubuntu
for either temporary use or permanent installation.

If you are a creative type who wants to get started with open source
software or an existing GNU/Linux user looking to explore this category
of programs, this is the book for you! Realize your own personal
projects and creative ambitions with the tools this book will place at
your fingertips.'

Of course, many of these programs have their own documentation available
online for free. Some of them (at least GIMP, Inkscape, and Blender)
books dedicated just to them.

[0] http://www.freesoftwarecreative.com/

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All the best,
Brian Pitts