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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Security on smartphone compromising desktop (Andrew)
2. Re: Security on smartphone compromising desktop
(Colin M. Strickland)
3. Re: Hi all! linux audio in Bristol? (Martin Habets)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:37:38 +0100
From: Andrew <andrewsoltau@gmail.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Security on smartphone compromising desktop
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On 29/08/14 10:35, Alex Butcher wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2014, Andrew wrote:
>
>> Greetings all
>>
>> I have stumbled into the new millennium at last, buying myself a
>> smartphone.
>> I have accepted various things in setup, some with misgivings. Now I
>> find
>> that a search done on firefox on my debian box is showing up in
>> google on
>> the smartphone. I don't quite see how this is happening and I am
>> concerned
>> about the security of my desktop.
>
> If you're logged into Google (e.g. for gmail, Play store) in Firefox when
> you perform your search (possibly even if you're logged out, but still
> have
> Google cookies in Firefox - I haven't tested exhaustively), then your
> search
> will be associated with that Google account, which presumably is the same
> account you've configured as your Android account.
>
> There are far bigger things to worry about...
>
>> Andrew
Thank you everyone. You are of course right Alex. I now feel very
foolish. [sheepish grin smiley]

A
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:45:11 +0100
From: "Colin M. Strickland" <cms@beatworm.co.uk>
To: "Bristol and Bath Linux User Group" <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Security on smartphone compromising desktop
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On 29 Aug 2014, at 10:35, Alex Butcher wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Aug 2014, Andrew wrote:
>
>
> There are far bigger things to worry about...
>

A bit subjective. I happen to think the way people are *unwittingly*
co-opted into this is one of the bigger ones.

Android dependency on Play store could be viewed as a sneaky way of
getting people to link their real identity to Google analytic markers,
in a way that is less optional than traditional browser tools.

--
Regards,
Colin M. Strickland, cms, 'that guy'.



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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:09:40 +0100
From: Martin Habets <errandir_news@mph.eclipse.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Hi all! linux audio in Bristol?
Message-ID: <20140829230940.GA24446@mph.eclipse.co.uk>
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Hi,

Like Lorenzo, I do not have the space to set up all my audio outboard.
But I can get quite a lot done with just the mixer and the Edirol UA-25.

The computers off course run Linux. I have not used any RT patches since
2.6.8 or thereabouts, am currently on 3.14. The major issues with audio are
usually due to issues in the graphics drivers and X windows.
Recording a single stereo track with jackd takes about 5% of my dual core
Intel Atom @ 1.6GHz.

Cheers,
Martin

On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:27:51AM +0100, Steve Netting wrote:
>
>
> Ugh, a mix of top and bottom posting. Kinda difficult to follow!
>
> I do a lot of music albeit not on Linux. I was interested to see Bitwig
> released but disappointed that it's a Ableton clone. The most promising
> DAW on Linux in a traditional sense is probably Rosegarden - previously
> (still?) developed by some guys at Bath University. I'm unsure of the
> state of this though.
>
> Whilst I've not yet found it practical to move music composition to Linux,
> everything else (3D modelling, video rendering and editing) *is* all done
> under Linux.
>
> I'd be interested in any discussions and success stories - as music has
> been the only thing for years preventing me from totally ditching Windows.
> No, OSX is not the answer either.
>
>
> Steve
> http://www.coherer.net
>
>
> > Hello Lorenzo,
> >
> > I used to do a lot of fiddling with Linux audio and was involved in
> > setting
> > up some of the linux audio workstations at the trinity centre
> > as well as live streaming from various gigs in bristol using a totally
> > linux system.
> >
> > Linux audio has come a long way since then , a lot more of the pro audio
> > cards have linux drivers and a lot of there fancier features
> > are available. Also bitwig has brought a professional DAW to linux finally
> > , i've been very impressed with it. Before then it was a bit
> > of a battle getting a coherent and effective composition environment
> > together with the likes of hydrogen , ardour and rosegarden.
> >
> > I've pretty much given up audio stuff myself because i now have a family
> > and one of my ears doesn't work properly anymore but
> > there are others lurking who are still using it and i'm sure if you talk
> > about what you are doing they will emerge from the shadows.
> >
> > There are various funding sources available for projects like this that i
> > might be able to connect you to if you can describe more about
> > what you want to do.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Amias
> >
> >
> >
> > On 24 August 2014 21:34, Nigel Sollars <nsollars@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Its somewhat semi pro ( I spose ), I helped out a friend put a nice
> >> Linux
> >> rig together to control microphones and other stuff to back up his
> >> guitar
> >> ... It was based on Ubuntu.
> >>
> >> The hardware iirc, was like a dual core dell system with a specialized
> >> sound card. I had patched up a custom kernel with the RT patches see:
> >>
> >> https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
> >>
> >> Using Jack Audio and pretty much from what I recollect here:
> >>
> >> http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb03/articles/linuxaudio.asp
> >>
> >> The quality of his recordings was pretty cool actually, especially since
> >> he moved to a house in West Virginia with a sealed basement.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Nige
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 19:11 +0200, Lorenzo Cecchi wrote:
> >>> > Hi all,
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > my name's Lorenzo, I'm a 27 Italian sound engineer moved in Bristol
> >>> at
> >>> > the beginning of May.
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm using linux (several distro, but mainly ubuntu) for common use
> >>> > from years, and I keep using it for my audio projects.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > I run a linux based home studio in Italy, and I'm willing to continue
> >>> > my project here in Bristol, in a not so far future! Now I have no
> >>> > space to put my recording stuff, so I brought from Italy just a
> >>> couple
> >>> > of mics, a couple of soundcards and the studio PC (now running
> >>> > UbuntuStudio 13.10).
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > I was wondering if is there someone using Linux to pro/semi-pro audio
> >>> > purpose in your group. I would be really happy to know more about it
> >>> > and to share my experience.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Thank you in advance, hope to get a reply, even if negative!
> >>>
> >>> (Quite) a few years ago, one of the community centres in Bristol (the
> >>> one in an old church -- it's name escapes me) did a number of audio
> >>> things (IIRC they had their own studio) and a number of Linux things.
> >>> I
> >>> think they also did Linux audio things. That and Bristol Wireless
> >>> might
> >>> be worth talking to.
> >>>
> >>> HTH
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> - Martin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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