Ubuntu Studio For First Time User

I’ve been using Ubuntu Studio since I decided to run Ubuntu along-side my MacOSX and Chrome OS (yes, that’s possible). Kinda late actually since everyone else in the world has tested Ubuntu at least once in their life. So, I guess I’m not too late to try this. Or may I say that I’m actually just at the right time to test a Linux myself? The Linux my friends use looked crappy and ugly. Sounds harsh, but you know this is true.

 

No matter how good you are in programming or you can even boil an egg with a command line… when I say ugly here, I mean by the look only.

 

 

 

After the first install, I am starting to fall in love with Linux and started my path of searching a better (looking) Linux since then:

These are the list of Linux distros I’ve tried, it’s ordered from the one I favor the most first:

1. Ubuntu 17.10
2. Elementary OS
3. Pop OS
4. Solus
5. Zorin
6. Deepin
7. Nitrux
8. Freespire

I have also tried other flavors, you can find them using the search bar somewhere on this web. The first Linux I tried is Gallium before I walked my way installing Linux on my Chromebook using Crouton. No details will be covered here except for Ubuntu Studio, you can check the links on the list above to see more about the Linux version you want to know.

What Ubuntu Studio Offers

Ubuntu Studio is claimed to offer better multimedia production and experience. Started by changing its default theme including sounds. Optimized photo and video editing software, such as Gimp for photo editing and Pitivi for video editing. I haven’t tried any music editing software until now.

Ubuntu looks good too, just like it’s previous version (16) which is running alongside my Chrome OS right now. It’s not the best looking, but everything measured and placed just fine.

My Conclusion

So, if you are a first time Linux user like me, I’m suggesting to start with Ubuntu 17.10 or Elementary OS and Zorin OS for Mac user and Solus for Windows user. Again, for the sake of similar look only.

 

Miro Video Converter Free

Last night, I had an idea to put Movies section to this website, then I tried to convert some of my collections. After some painful useless hours waiting for my video conversion processed by other application (because it failed), I decided to look for another alternative. That’s when I stumbled upon Miro Video Converter Free. Like the name already stated clearly, it’s free.

Not only free to use then ask you for money later like freemium, Miro calls itself a “donationware”, so we can choose how much we want to donate (or not).

Quicktime used to be so reliable for me to convert video files. But not later when I downloaded the more various video in different formats. And also, sometimes my clients send me their footage for me to put in their video. And they tend to send me the videos in the format I’ve never heard of.

Easy To Use

Miro Video Converter Free is easy to use. It lets you choose by devices selection rather than some coding um…codes. So you can comfortably choose the output according to your destination devices.

Here is how it looks:

The only cons I find is that it works rather slow. But perhaps that’s just my old MacBook Pro.

Get Miro from its official website.

Freespire is The Resurrection of Linspire

Some History

Freespire was once a community-run Linux distribution sponsored by Linspire. Freespire was discontinued in 2008. Starting in 2017 Freespire became a free operating system based on Ubuntu and run by PC/OpenSystems LLC. Freespire features the Xfce desktop environment. That’s why I dare to say that Freespire is the resurrection of Linspire.

However, on January 2, 2018, Freespire 3 (a.k.a Linspire 7) is (re)released with new looks and other tweakings under Linux Black Labs (a.k.a PC/OpenSystems LLC) engineering. You might find it as a customized and polished version of Linux 16.04. Which I can say, not bad at all. Considering how many Linux out there that appears “fragile” and not as sleek in design.

But… it’s still not as good looking as elementaryOS (my favourite).

FreespireOS is a 64 bit freely available and OPEN Linux based OS, that is geared towards open source users and developers who want a quality free open OS. It has all the applications users will need for consumption of media and developer tools for those that want to tinker with the system and deploy their own custom software and kernels. With FreespireOS you can host the entire line of legacy applications that may still be in use in your environment as well as facilities for deploying web apps ~ PCOpensystems.com

More Improvement on GUI

I’m not a traditional user of Linux who really is a fond of typing whenever I want to install or open everything. I prefer to use a nice looking GUI front-end to do those that tasks. GUI (Graphical User Interface) Front-end is a display where you can monitor, see and understand what your computer is doing. Which we can notice in Deepin, Ubuntu 17.10, Zorin and elementaryOS.

Freespire is a community-driven, Debian-based Linux distribution which legally supports (or has one-click access to support): MP3, DVD, Windows Media, QuickTime, Java, Flash, Real, ATI drivers, nVidia drivers, Adobe Acrobat Reader, proprietary WiFi drivers, fonts, and more. ~ Freespire.org

Despite of the fact that many icons were “stolen” from Mac (which is a great kill-joy) and some feels out of context (like using running man as an icon for Software Center), Freespire is quite appealing.

This is the first look of Freespire. Mind the exclaimation mark, I’m using Chromebook, and that’s a normal thing when you install an OS other than ChromeOS. Sadly, most of the software in its Software center was not available at the moment. And I had no luck using terminal too (503 service unavailable). I was planning to edit the video using my favorite video editor (on Linux), Pitivi.

You can download Freespire iso here.