two ars arts: penguin audio & disaster IT

"Editing audio in Linux" is about what you would expect. I am curious what Kevin thinks about it.

"Parallel to Linux's furthering of basic usability, there's been a lot of work put into high-end uses for Linux, like professional audio production. These applications require a certain amount of spiffy GUI and big helpings of performance and stability—which Linux is now more than ready to provide. Audio editing is also greatly helped by compatible hardware, which can give a more intuitive user interface and better performance. Unfortunately, Linux has always been plagued with hardware compatibility issues, and this is very evident when trying to do professional audio production."


"Doing disaster IT with a shelter lab LiveCD build" discusses the trials and tribulations of making a LiveCD for the Katrina recovery shelters. Ther is a lot of technical detail, but I found it interesting because it is so different from what I am used to dealing with.

"The present article is a short introduction to one of the most important categories of tools to emerge from the efforts of myself and others to meet the shelters' need for free, zero-maintenance, bulletproof, Internet-connected computers: the shelter lab LiveCD build."