Musix 0.40 released! Thanks to the support of the Ututo Proyect, FSF, Ourproject, and to the usual collaborators, the Musix project has just released Musix 0.40, whose programs were tested for over 2 months, time that allowed to solve all kind of problems over Musix 0.39, and to make the more relevant software updates. 0.40 can be consider the more stable and functional Musix version until now, and its use is recommendable in the long term. Musix 0.49 will be an extremely updated version, hopping to support new hardware. When Musix reaches version 1.0 at the beginning of 2007, the stability of the system will be optimal, mainly because the package repository of the Debian/testing distribution will be frozen, that is to say, stable, so the users of Musix will not have problems when trying to install new software. Musix counts with its own software package repository that has been growing. It is hoped to incorporate new software nonavailable in Debian, like mplayer or cinelerra (video edition). The Musix project has offered several speeches in different institutions during 2005 and 2006, affirming the commitment with the diffusion of free software among musicians, sound engineers and users in general. Important programs/packages updated * Ardour 0.99.2 (some bugs fixed, last stable version) * Hydrogen Drum Machine 0.9.3 * Hwdata 0.177-1 (better hardware detection, specially video) * Freewheeling 0.5.1 (fweelin-0.5.1_0.5.1-1_i386.deb) * Rox-Filer 2.4.1-1 (file manager and desktop icons) * Zynaddsubfx 2.2.1-4 New programs/packages installed * Rosegarden 1.2.3 (Musix 039 and 040 are the only distros with this new version!) * Mixxx 1.4.2-1 (Digital Disc Jockey Interface) * Cecilia 2.0.5-2 * Csound 4.23f13 * guidedog 1.0.0-3 (routing) * guarddog 2.5.0-1 (firewall) * jackeq 0.4.0-2 (simple EQ for JACK) * echomixer - control tool for Echoaudio soundcards * envy24control - control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) based soundcards * hdspconf - GUI program to control the Hammerfall HDSP Alsa Settings * hdspmixer - advanced routing features control of the RME Hammerfall DSP * rmedigicontrol - control tool for RME Digi32 and RME Digi96 soundcards Packages removed * libncurses5-dev and its dependencies * libx11-dev and its dependencies * kernel 2.6.15.2 Others changes * Spanish Documentation about Ardour * kernel 2.6.15.2 was replaced by 2.6.11 of Musix 0.31 to achive more compatibility with SATA disks * The others kernels of Musix 0.40: 2.6.15.4, 2.6.13, 2.6.15.3-rt still remain * Several scripts were created and improved to make more easy the use of the system * A new script that can change the themes for the rox-filer desktop * Isolinux screenboot was modified (logo.16) * Wallpapers from Jorge Salgueiro were added * Some new presets for Jamin were added from Gilberto Borges (~/.jamin) Solved problems Generally speaking, this problems has been solved: * KDM (desktop manager) takes too long to launch, solved * After updated GTK, some desktop icons disappear, solved * After the installation, the system reboots Ok Known problems in Musix 0.40 * The new Rosegarden 1.2.3 (Musix is the only distro with this version) crashes when trying to record audio. We will soon inform how to solve it * It is probable that the installation in some SATA hard disks may not possible (test) * It is probable that the no-root users does not inherit the configuration of the Musix's desktop. This is solved with 2 commands in text console (terminal), just type: mkdir ~/.config cp -Rp /root/.config/* ~/.config Next version, Musix 0.49 * Musix 0,49 will have the new version of ALSA, 1.0.11 , which solves hundreds of bugs and incorporates new functionalities and support for sound plates * Hundreds of software packages will be updated ( 459 until now) * Kernel 2.6.16-beyond4.1 could be the default one for this version. This kernel already can be installed along with the new ALSA drivers from the Musix repository (apt-get update && apt-get -y install alsa-modules-2.6.16-beyond4.1 linux-image-2.6.16-beyond4.1) * It is hoped to be released in a few days -- Marcos Guglielmetti * Director del desarrollo de Musix GNU+Linux, 100% Software Libre * Descarga el CD de Musix: (www.musix.org.ar) (www.pc-musica.com.ar/musix) * Videos, programas y otras cosas en: ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/