[LAU] Audio distros

[John Murphy]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:46:12 -0800, Len Ovens wrote:
> 
> On Sat, February 16, 2013 12:07 pm, John Murphy wrote:
> 
> > Must admit I was surprised to see adverts in the Software Centre
> > of US 13.04, but apart from that I'm delighted with it so far.
> > Everything is so much snappier than with the Kubuntu 12.04 I used
> > before. Even things like fetching mail is noticeably faster!
> >
> > Software Centre opens if I click a .deb Maybe I'll just uninstall
> > it if I'm allowed. :)
> 
> Don't know how long it would last, but you can also remove the mime line
> from /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-software-center.desktop. I don't know
> if setting the file mode to 444 would keep a SW update from overwriting it
> or if that would hang the update. Ypu can also choose another application
> by right clicking on the deb and then make that app the default.

Thanks for that Len. I'll leave the mode, but watch for updates.

> > OT: How do you like FreeBSD's tcsh shell and configuration?
> >     One of the first things I do on any new Linux install is install
> >     tcsh and get it working with 'history search' on up/down arrow
> >     keys like fbsd, and then get my prompt looking right.
> >     Soon feels like home...
> 
> I do bash. Don't know or care if it's best, just what I am used to.

I should use bash on Linux, but I got so used to up-arrow history
search and ls without colour, that I just always put off the pain
of configuring bash to be similar. The set/export differences catch
me out sometimes though. I should do it soon (and I just found colour
ls is just an alias anyway).

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