User1: Building my own custom version of Ubuntu Studio. To create an Image .iso file, should i use Brasero, CD/DVD burn -or-  a different program? Thank you for suggestions.
User2: Hello
User2: how do i install sdl 1.2 32bit on my 64bit system? i have an old binary that needs it
User2: "apt-get install libsdl1.2:i386" gives me Package libsdl1.2:i386 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
User2: i could just copy the files, but i want to know how to do it properly
User3: User2 is sdl in the repos?
User3: User2 you can always ask generally how to install 32bit apps in the #ubuntu or #xubuntu channel
User3: its *very* likely no one would be here..
User2: yeah, just asked in #ubuntu
User3: User2 where is teh package? in teh default repos?
User2: how do i tell? apt-cache search sdl | grep 1.2 gives me a bunch of packages
User3: User2 did you add a source for it? where did you get the package?
User3: !info libsdl1.2
User4: Package libsdl1.2 does not exist in utopic
User3: !info libsdl1.2:i386
User4: Package libsdl1.2i386 does not exist in utopic
User3: User2 how about this.. what are you trying to do?
User2: run an old 32 bit binary
User3: User2 why? what are you tryihng to accomplish?
User2: ldd shows it's only missing that one lib
User2: play freespace 2 open =)
User2: i can run the game directly, but the launcher i want to use is only available as a 32bit binary
User3: User2 i would just run the game then
User2: :( but then i have to go hunting down all my command line options and i don't remember them :(
User3: User2 i think you are having unlrealistic expecations for what all you are trying to force to work together
User3: User2 you can make shortcuts to those commands
User3: you can create a launcher that literally opens the terminal and runs whatever command
User2: *sigh* looks like it's shell scripting time :D
User3: why?
User2: cos i'm much more comfortable with shell scripts than GUI launchers or whatever stuff
User3: yeah?
User3: then just do that..
User2: except in this particular case, where the launcher doesn't run :/
User3: you should be thankful the thing works on any level
User2: anyway, not a big problem. sorry i bothered you with it
User3: its not intended to run on anything you are using ;)
User2: was just wondering, in case i need to install other 32bit stuff
User3: i am far from bothered.. theres nothing i can do about it
User3: User2 multiarch will "Just work" typically
User2: yeah, that's been pretty much my experience -) except with binary-only stuff
User3: http://howtoubuntu.org/how-to-install-a-32bit-program-in-64bit-ubuntu
User2: btw my parents are quite impressed with ubuntu studio. they really like using it.
User3: cool.. they are doing audio production?
User2: nah, just regular desktop stuff
User3: i would get them a regular desktop operating system, then
User2: i would have installed xubuntu, but i've found it has more bugs generally....
User3: i can imagine dear ol mom clicking on ardour, and the jack server starting incorrectly, and killing all audio.. and her running through some things that just removes things from the desktop or wahtever
User3: User2 it doenst
User3: User2 xubuntu and ubuntustudio *are* ubuntu.. and we actually use the same xfce and mostly desktop configs
User2: but you can still install/run stuff that uses jack on xubuntu, right?
User3: jack is in the repos.. its the same jack
User2: but yeah you do have a point about jackd starting & causing problems...
User3: my mom would get ubuntu mate edition.. the latest "unofficial" lts 14.04 version supported for 5 years
User2: mate any good compared to xfce?
User3: good is always a matter of opinion and use case
User2: i think i had tried it out in virtualbox and found it not as easy to use, or some problem with it....
User2: or was that cinnamon....
User2: iirc i tested both and found xfce would be best for them.
User3: its not for you
User2: kde is more similar to windows, but that laptop has 3 gb ram, and kde is kind of memory hungry
User3: its for your parents.. and im just saying, for my mom, she would be getting mate right now, if i were setting it up for her
User3: the mate edition is 5 years support..
User3: mate is easy for me to configure to look like what she needs it to look like
User2: what about linux mint?
User3: what about it?
User3: if my mom needed what linux mint provided, id give it to her.. if i wanted it, i would use it
User3: currently, i dont..
User2: kubuntu would have probably been my first choice, if the machine had more memory
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