I’ve started working on some back-end updates: Writing a Python program from scratch to build the installation package. This will replace the existing bash script. (“stagebuilder”) Writing a new installer program from scratch in Python. Also to replace the existing bash script. By necessity, stagebuilder must be done first. Updating the Decibel Linux git repo…

I use bilateral cochlear implants (Advanced Bionic Marvel M-90’s). This puts me in the category of podcast listeners with differently-abled hearing. As such, I notice when the voices of hosts and guests aren’t as clear as they could possibly be. It’s actually not hard to get there, even if you’re nowhere near being an audio…

Yeah. I appreciate the friends I have in the Gentoo community. Why let the unhappy devs of Gentoo dictate what I do? Gentoo Studio shall live. I’m motivated now to expand it. So… Stay tuned for updates as they happen.

(Update: I may continue with Gentoo Studio. Talking with a few good folks on #gentoostudio got me thinking maybe I’ll take a break and get back to it. It seems Gentoo devs are well-known to be not very nice, and that there’s at least one Big Cheese at Gentoo who sympathizes and wants Gentoo Studio…

Just noting a few changes. Added links to the package names in the app list on the home page. This is done by a script, so if the “Homepage” line of the package metadata contains more than one URL, the link won’t work correctly. I’ll work this out eventually. Musescore and Frescobaldi have been removed…

PACKAGES ADDED: media-libs/libopenshot added to overlay to match addition of media-video/openshot. media-video/openshot added to overlay, as latest version is not in Portage. EBUILDS UPDATED: media-sound/carla: PyQt4 to match the main Portage tree masking all qt4 stuff. media-sound/carla: media-libs/libprojectm-qt removed from RDEPEND as it requires Qt4, which is no longer in Portage. Version info removed from…

PACKAGE.* CHANGES Added to package.use: media-libs/libffado python_single_target_python2_7 python_targets_python2_7 -python_targets_python3_4 -python_single_target_python3_4 -python_targets_python3_5 -python_single_target_python3_5 -python_targets_python3_6 -python_single_target_python3_6 This prevents libffado from requiring scons-3 and python-3, which causes libffado to fail to compile.     SYSTEM CHANGES: There is now a realtime group that you need to add your user to. I will  try to look into having this…

May was a quiet month for Gentoo Studio. I apologize. I have had a lot going on on the home front. PACKAGES ADDED: media-libs/libprojectm-qt copied to overlay from Portage and placed in package.unmask. It it slated for removal from Portage, but Carla still depends on it. media-sound/hydrogen-9999 added to overlay. Portage version now fails due…

First, I am changing the title of these posts from “changelog” to “update.” It just makes more sense, since it’s more than a simple changelog. Second, having a moment of weird paranoia where it seems like at least two things I could have sworn were in the GentooStudio overlay are now not there. I noticed…