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  Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? SopwithCamel <sopwithcamel@email.com> - 2016-09-23 18:35 -0400
    Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-24 00:44 +0200
      Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? The Letter Q <babbaquimby@teachers.org> - 2016-09-23 19:01 -0400
    Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Joey Fringo <fringo99@europe.com> - 2016-09-23 23:14 +0000
    Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-23 18:28 -0700
    Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-23 22:22 -0400
      Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-23 19:37 -0700
      Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-09-24 02:45 +0000
      Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2016-09-25 11:49 -0500
        Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-25 10:39 -0700
          Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-25 19:44 +0200
            Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-25 10:46 -0700
              Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-25 19:55 +0200
    Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2016-09-24 02:36 +0000
      Re: Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting? Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-09-24 03:53 +0000

#192880 — Which Distribution is Best For Screencasting?

I do a lot of screencasting work where I record myself performing
basic tasks in Linux and incorporate them into lessons that I use to
teach my students about Linux. I am currently using LinuxMint with the
Mate desktop and I am having problems finding a decent screencasting
program. The best I have found is RecordMyDesktop and Instanbul both
of which are unstable and don't offer the same feature set as Camtasia
on my Mac. I of course can run Linux in a VM and capture that way but
I do get artifacts at times plus I prefer running a bare hardware
version of Linux.

It was suggested to me that Gentoo or Ubuntu might serve me well. 
Is one better than the other?
Is there another alternative I am not aware of?
I am willing to go commercial and pay for the software as long as I am
getting a quality product.

Thank you in advance for any and all advice.

-- 
Sopwith Camel

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#192881

SopwithCamel wrote:

> I do a lot of screencasting work where I record myself performing
> basic tasks in Linux and incorporate them into lessons that I use to
> teach my students about Linux. I am currently using LinuxMint with the
> Mate desktop and I am having problems finding a decent screencasting
> program. The best I have found is RecordMyDesktop and Instanbul both
> of which are unstable and don't offer the same feature set as Camtasia
> on my Mac. I of course can run Linux in a VM and capture that way but
> I do get artifacts at times plus I prefer running a bare hardware
> version of Linux.
> 
> It was suggested to me that Gentoo or Ubuntu might serve me well.
> Is one better than the other?
> Is there another alternative I am not aware of?
> I am willing to go commercial and pay for the software as long as I am
> getting a quality product.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any and all advice.
> 


This is another Snit sock

Simply refrain from answering. 

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#192882

On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 00:44:04 +0200, Peter Köhlmann wrote:

> SopwithCamel wrote:
> 
>> I do a lot of screencasting work where I record myself performing
>> basic tasks in Linux and incorporate them into lessons that I use to
>> teach my students about Linux. I am currently using LinuxMint with the
>> Mate desktop and I am having problems finding a decent screencasting
>> program. The best I have found is RecordMyDesktop and Instanbul both
>> of which are unstable and don't offer the same feature set as Camtasia
>> on my Mac. I of course can run Linux in a VM and capture that way but
>> I do get artifacts at times plus I prefer running a bare hardware
>> version of Linux.
>> 
>> It was suggested to me that Gentoo or Ubuntu might serve me well.
>> Is one better than the other?
>> Is there another alternative I am not aware of?
>> I am willing to go commercial and pay for the software as long as I am
>> getting a quality product.
>> 
>> Thank you in advance for any and all advice.
>> 
> 
> 
> This is another Snit sock
> 
> Simply refrain from answering.

Based upon what criteria?
His question seems genuine to me.

My advice would be choose Ubuntu and make sure to install the
restricted CODECS etc.

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#192883

SopwithCamel <sopwithcamel@email.com> wrote in
news:27bbubtia3vg90atd2rp0l07frf34d0183@4ax.com: 

> I do a lot of screencasting work where I record myself performing
> basic tasks in Linux and incorporate them into lessons that I use
> to teach my students about Linux. I am currently using LinuxMint
> with the Mate desktop and I am having problems finding a decent
> screencasting program. The best I have found is RecordMyDesktop
> and Instanbul both of which are unstable and don't offer the same
> feature set as Camtasia on my Mac. I of course can run Linux in a
> VM and capture that way but I do get artifacts at times plus I
> prefer running a bare hardware version of Linux.
> 
> It was suggested to me that Gentoo or Ubuntu might serve me well. 
> Is one better than the other?
> Is there another alternative I am not aware of?
> I am willing to go commercial and pay for the software as long as
> I am getting a quality product.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any and all advice.
> 

My advice is to not waste your time because there is nothing in the 
Linux world that even comes close to Camtasia. Linux is great if you 
need a text editor, it has about 100 of them, but when it comes to 
screencasting applications you might as well be asking for Photoshop 
or AutoCAD for Linux. They don't exist.

Heck, you have the source code, why not either fix what you are using 
or roll your own?
Just kidding.

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#192884

On 9/23/16, 3:35 PM, in article 27bbubtia3vg90atd2rp0l07frf34d0183@4ax.com,
"SopwithCamel" <sopwithcamel@email.com> wrote:

> I do a lot of screencasting work where I record myself performing
> basic tasks in Linux and incorporate them into lessons that I use to
> teach my students about Linux. I am currently using LinuxMint with the
> Mate desktop and I am having problems finding a decent screencasting
> program. The best I have found is RecordMyDesktop and Instanbul both
> of which are unstable and don't offer the same feature set as Camtasia
> on my Mac. I of course can run Linux in a VM and capture that way but
> I do get artifacts at times plus I prefer running a bare hardware
> version of Linux.
> 
> It was suggested to me that Gentoo or Ubuntu might serve me well.
> Is one better than the other?
> Is there another alternative I am not aware of?
> I am willing to go commercial and pay for the software as long as I am
> getting a quality product.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any and all advice.

Hmmm, seems very suspicious... but I will humor you... what features are you
looking for? You mention a package but do not say.


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#192885

SopwithCamel wrote:
> I do a lot of screencasting work where I record myself performing
> basic tasks in Linux and incorporate them into lessons

> It was suggested to me that Gentoo or Ubuntu might serve me well. 
> Is one better than the other?

So you're "giving lessons on Linux", and you don't
know what Gentoo is ? How long would it have taken
to look that up ? Find the Gentoo install manual
on the web, then tell us why you think that's
a good idea.

And if you were actually screencasting and giving lessons,
you would have dropped the name of the tool you are
currently using. For... realism.

Here. I'll help you. Pick one at random from here
and put it in your next post.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screencasting_software

    Paul

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#192886

On 9/23/16, 7:22 PM, in article ns4o0f$qgj$1@dont-email.me, "Paul"
<nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

> SopwithCamel wrote:
>> I do a lot of screencasting work where I record myself performing
>> basic tasks in Linux and incorporate them into lessons
> 
>> It was suggested to me that Gentoo or Ubuntu might serve me well.
>> Is one better than the other?
> 
> So you're "giving lessons on Linux", and you don't
> know what Gentoo is ? How long would it have taken
> to look that up ? Find the Gentoo install manual
> on the web, then tell us why you think that's
> a good idea.
> 
> And if you were actually screencasting and giving lessons,
> you would have dropped the name of the tool you are
> currently using. For... realism.
> 
> Here. I'll help you. Pick one at random from here
> and put it in your next post.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screencasting_software
> 
>     Paul

He is almost certainly one of the COLA "herd" following me here to troll. I
do quite a bit of screencasting and those that troll me there often try to
pull me in with such questions.

Then they blame me for being the sock they used. It is... odd of them. To
say the least.


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#192887

On 2016-09-24, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
> SopwithCamel wrote:
>> I do a lot of screencasting work where I record myself performing
>> basic tasks in Linux and incorporate them into lessons
>
>> It was suggested to me that Gentoo or Ubuntu might serve me well. 
>> Is one better than the other?
>
> So you're "giving lessons on Linux", and you don't
> know what Gentoo is ? How long would it have taken
> to look that up ? Find the Gentoo install manual
> on the web, then tell us why you think that's
> a good idea.
>
> And if you were actually screencasting and giving lessons,
> you would have dropped the name of the tool you are
> currently using. For... realism.
>
> Here. I'll help you. Pick one at random from here
> and put it in your next post.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screencasting_software
>
>     Paul

Sigh.
You are replying to yet another snit sock puppet.

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#192890

On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:22:14 -0400
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

> So you're "giving lessons on Linux", and you don't
> know what Gentoo is ? How long would it have taken
> to look that up ?

To be fair there are two gentoos, the OS distro and the file manager:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_(file_manager)

Cybe R. Wizard
-- 
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		"The Barsoom Project"

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#192891

On 9/25/16, 9:49 AM, in article 20160925114933.01a19b42@WizardsTower, "Cybe
R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:22:14 -0400
> Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> So you're "giving lessons on Linux", and you don't
>> know what Gentoo is ? How long would it have taken
>> to look that up ?
> 
> To be fair there are two gentoos, the OS distro and the file manager:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_(file_manager)
> 
> Cybe R. Wizard

Really comes down to there are a number of good programs that can record the
screen. Those that troll me in COLA get confused between this and my search
for such a program that ALSO deals with OS / GPU meta-data so you can, in
post production, be able to work with the mouse pointer, keystrokes, and
windows in various ways.

While some on COLA have told me such programs exist, that is hardly a good
source of even low-tech information. I was generous and trusted they might
be right and have asked here and elsewhere. Of course the info I got in COLA
was wrong. So be it. OK, Linux has no such program. Not the end of the
world.

At some point I would love to see such a program be developed for Linux. I
know little of the back end stuff, but I wonder if the replacements for X
will make this easier or more likely. Any thoughts?


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* Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu:     <http://youtu.be/C0y74FIf7uE>
* Mint KDE working with folders:    <http://youtu.be/7C9nvniOoE0>
* Mint KDE creating files:          <http://youtu.be/N7-fZJaJUv8>
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* Mint KDE general navigation:      <http://youtu.be/t9y14yZtQuI>
* Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs?     <http://youtu.be/CU-whJQvtfA>
* Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux:     <http://youtu.be/D3BPWANQoIk>
* OS / Word Processor Comparison:   <http://youtu.be/w6Qcl-w7s5c>

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#192892

The lying imbecile Snit Michael Glasser babbled:

> On 9/25/16, 9:49 AM, in article 20160925114933.01a19b42@WizardsTower,
> "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:22:14 -0400
>> Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> So you're "giving lessons on Linux", and you don't
>>> know what Gentoo is ? How long would it have taken
>>> to look that up ?
>> 
>> To be fair there are two gentoos, the OS distro and the file manager:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_(file_manager)
>> 
>> Cybe R. Wizard
> 
> Really comes down to there are a number of good programs that can record
> the screen. Those that troll me in COLA get confused between this and my
> search for such a program that ALSO deals with OS / GPU meta-data so you
> can, in post production, be able to work with the mouse pointer,
> keystrokes, and windows in various ways.
> 
> While some on COLA have told me such programs exist, that is hardly a good
> source of even low-tech information. I was generous and trusted they might
> be right and have asked here and elsewhere. Of course the info I got in
> COLA was wrong. So be it. OK, Linux has no such program. Not the end of
> the world.

Quit lying

> At some point I would love to see such a program be developed for Linux. I
> know little of the back end stuff, but I wonder if the replacements for X
> will make this easier or more likely. Any thoughts?
> 
> 

Yes, lying imbecile. Get lost

These are *not* groups you can flood with your inane shite

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#192893

On 9/25/16, 10:44 AM, in article ns92cs$86m$1@dont-email.me, "Peter
Köhlmann" <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote:

> The lying imbecile Snit Michael Glasser babbled:
> 
>> On 9/25/16, 9:49 AM, in article 20160925114933.01a19b42@WizardsTower,
>> "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:22:14 -0400
>>> Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> So you're "giving lessons on Linux", and you don't
>>>> know what Gentoo is ? How long would it have taken
>>>> to look that up ?
>>> 
>>> To be fair there are two gentoos, the OS distro and the file manager:
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_(file_manager)
>>> 
>>> Cybe R. Wizard
>> 
>> Really comes down to there are a number of good programs that can record
>> the screen. Those that troll me in COLA get confused between this and my
>> search for such a program that ALSO deals with OS / GPU meta-data so you
>> can, in post production, be able to work with the mouse pointer,
>> keystrokes, and windows in various ways.
>> 
>> While some on COLA have told me such programs exist, that is hardly a good
>> source of even low-tech information. I was generous and trusted they might
>> be right and have asked here and elsewhere. Of course the info I got in
>> COLA was wrong. So be it. OK, Linux has no such program. Not the end of
>> the world.
> 
> Quit lying

I did not want to embarrass you or whatever, but, yes, you are the one who
told me such programs exist on Linux. They do not.

You were wrong. Whatever. It happens and we are all wrong. It is not worth a
multi-year troll-fest from you, and certainly not worth taking it out of
COLA.

>> At some point I would love to see such a program be developed for Linux. I
>> know little of the back end stuff, but I wonder if the replacements for X
>> will make this easier or more likely. Any thoughts?
> 
> Yes, lying imbecile. Get lost
> 
> These are *not* groups you can flood with your inane shite

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#192894

The lying imbecile Snit Michael Glasser babbled:

> On 9/25/16, 10:44 AM, in article ns92cs$86m$1@dont-email.me, "Peter
> Köhlmann" <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote:
> 
>> The lying imbecile Snit Michael Glasser babbled:
>> 
>>> On 9/25/16, 9:49 AM, in article 20160925114933.01a19b42@WizardsTower,
>>> "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:22:14 -0400
>>>> Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> So you're "giving lessons on Linux", and you don't
>>>>> know what Gentoo is ? How long would it have taken
>>>>> to look that up ?
>>>> 
>>>> To be fair there are two gentoos, the OS distro and the file manager:
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_(file_manager)
>>>> 
>>>> Cybe R. Wizard
>>> 
>>> Really comes down to there are a number of good programs that can record
>>> the screen. Those that troll me in COLA get confused between this and my
>>> search for such a program that ALSO deals with OS / GPU meta-data so you
>>> can, in post production, be able to work with the mouse pointer,
>>> keystrokes, and windows in various ways.
>>> 
>>> While some on COLA have told me such programs exist, that is hardly a
>>> good source of even low-tech information. I was generous and trusted
>>> they might be right and have asked here and elsewhere. Of course the
>>> info I got in COLA was wrong. So be it. OK, Linux has no such program.
>>> Not the end of the world.
>> 
>> Quit lying
> 
> I did not want to embarrass you or whatever, but, yes, you are the one who
> told me such programs exist on Linux. They do not.

You are lying again, as usual
Since then you have introduced new "requirements".

You are the most dishonest lying swine I have ever encountered, Snit Michael 
Glasser

> You were wrong. Whatever. It happens and we are all wrong. It is not worth
> a multi-year troll-fest from you, and certainly not worth taking it out of
> COLA.

*You* have taken it out of cola. And still try to do so
 
>>> At some point I would love to see such a program be developed for Linux.
>>> I know little of the back end stuff, but I wonder if the replacements
>>> for X will make this easier or more likely. Any thoughts?
>> 
>> Yes, lying imbecile. Get lost
>> 
>> These are *not* groups you can flood with your inane shite
> 

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#192888

On 2016-09-23, SopwithCamel <sopwithcamel@email.com> wrote:
> I do a lot of screencasting work where I record myself performing
> basic tasks in Linux and incorporate them into lessons that I use to
> teach my students about Linux. I am currently using LinuxMint with the
> Mate desktop and I am having problems finding a decent screencasting
> program. The best I have found is RecordMyDesktop and Instanbul both
> of which are unstable and don't offer the same feature set as Camtasia
> on my Mac. I of course can run Linux in a VM and capture that way but
> I do get artifacts at times plus I prefer running a bare hardware
> version of Linux.

I don't think the distro makes a lot of difference. By way of
application software: Have you tried "vlc" (videlan) "mencoder"
(mplayer), or any of the several vnc based recorders such as 
pyvnc2swf?

The main difference between distros is how sysadmin tasks are handled,
avalable software does not differ to the same extent.

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#192889

On 2016-09-24, Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> wrote:
> On 2016-09-23, SopwithCamel <sopwithcamel@email.com> wrote:
>> I do a lot of screencasting work where I record myself performing
>> basic tasks in Linux and incorporate them into lessons that I use to
>> teach my students about Linux. I am currently using LinuxMint with the
>> Mate desktop and I am having problems finding a decent screencasting
>> program. The best I have found is RecordMyDesktop and Instanbul both
>> of which are unstable and don't offer the same feature set as Camtasia
>> on my Mac. I of course can run Linux in a VM and capture that way but
>> I do get artifacts at times plus I prefer running a bare hardware
>> version of Linux.
>
> I don't think the distro makes a lot of difference. By way of
> application software: Have you tried "vlc" (videlan) "mencoder"
> (mplayer), or any of the several vnc based recorders such as 
> pyvnc2swf?
>
> The main difference between distros is how sysadmin tasks are handled,
> avalable software does not differ to the same extent.

So you have been once again sucked in by a snit sock puppet. That didn't 
take long now did it?

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