Nano Tuxedos and Presonus Studio One comes to Linux

Presonus Studio One 6.5 gets a Linux beta! Tuxedo Computers launches a nano AMD powerhouse, converting images into ASCII with Letterpress, and resurrecting PalmOs with a RasPi 2040.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Jitsi Pi week 2
03:17 Talos Principle 2
04:32 Tuxedo Nano Pro micro PC
10:33 Presonus Studio One comes to Linux
23:17 Letterpress ASCII Art
25:37 PalmOS Pi

Tuxedo Nano (RTheren)

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-Nano-Pro-Gen12.tuxedo

https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/4X4%20BOX-7735U/D5

German Linux hardware manufacturer TUXEDO Computers has a new mini Linux computer out, the TUXEDO Nano Pro – Gen12.
And don’t be fooled by the Gen12 in the name! It does not have a 12th Gen Intel Core processor in it.
But comes with either a Ryzen 5 7535U with 6 processor cores and 12 threads or the Ryzen 7 7735U with 8 cores and 16 threads.
- Up to 64 GB of DDR5 memory.
- Up to 4 TB of NVMe.
- Supports up to 4 monitors.
- And your choice of Ubuntu based TUXEDO OS, or Ubuntu, Kubuntu or Ubuntu Budgie 22.04, and if you need it, Windows 11 Home or Pro.
- And you have the option of Windows 11 as a virtual machine, which is nice.
I configured a TUXEDO Nano Pro – Gen12, with full specs, which came out to 1.934,00 EUROS.
But the base is 849,00 EUROS.
If you need a high quality mini computer for digital signage, as a media PC, or as a work PC, this little box would have you covered!
This is a rebadged ASRock Industrial 4×4 BOX-7735U.
The barebones ASRock system would set you back $579.99.
That same system from Tuxedo with the addition of 8Gb stick of memoryram will set you back 994,00 EUR.
It does come with a 2-year warranty but so does the ASRock.
Tuxedo has always been a wee on the high side and this one is no exception.

Presonus studio One is now Linux

https://www.presonus.com/en-US/studio-one-whats-new.html

https://support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/articles/19214558269581-Linux-Getting-

Studio One is the DAW from Presonus and it’s been kicking around since 2009.
The latest version of Studio One (6.5) has a public beta version for Ubuntu Linux.
It requires Wayland and a GPU that knows how to Vulkan.
Basically it’s AMD only at the moment.
It requires a system configured for Jack.
They even have a section covering the new APIs needed to make their plug-in GUIs ready for use in Studio One on Linux.
The *.deb is packaged for Ubuntu 23.04 so you’re going to have to do some work if you want it to run on Debian 12.
libcairomm-1.16-1 libglibmm-2.68-1 libgtkmm-4.0-0 libjpeg62-turbo libkf5notifications5 libkf5wallet-bin libkf5wallet5 libpangomm-2.48-1 libsigc++-3.0-0
You can download a 30 day demo from their webzone.
Pro Tools and Ableton are the only two left not to support Linux.
This could be big for Linux audio since Presonus makes a lot of hardware and they really like tying it into their DAW.
Doing that would require prepper Linux drivers.
Presonus could become the first vendor with official Linux support for their audio interfaces.
Two big things that don’t work at the moment are LV2 plugins and plugin GUIs.
They do mention thunderbolt as one of the features currently unavailable in the Linux version and that gives me hope as well.
It’s awesome to see another DAW on Linux, and one that is looking towards the future with Wayland and AMD support!

Letterpress ASCII Art

https://flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.gregorni.Letterpress

There is a new easy to use Flatpak application that I have been using that lets you convert pictures into ASCII art.
It is called Letterpress, and you can save your ASCII art to a .txt file, copy it, and even adjust the resolution with the handy “width in characters” toggle, or with the pt size + or – toggle located in the Main Menu.
I imported a picture of the classic Tux penguin to demonstrate. This one is in high resolution:
- https://imgur.com/qllL1br
This is by the same developer of the app Calligraphy that lets you convert text to ASCII art we talked about here on LWDW 378 last June.
The developers name is gregorni on Gitlab, and is a young teenage developer from Germany.

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PalmOS Pi

http://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=27.%20rePalm#_TOC_0734fd58b98b17e23027547eec1258f5

https://twitter.com/dmitrygr/status/1704350983877198013