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== Development ==

=== Preamble ===

This image starts from rcolistete's "wheezy" Scientific image (thanks!) and aims to be a bells-and-whistles image (warning: possible bloatware) with lots of new multimedia software thrown in. In particular, this includes MP3 tagging and renaming software, audio file format converters, normaliser, audio editor and a variety of MP3 players and organisers.

==== Key aims ====

* Advanced MP3 functionality to complement the use of the N900 as a mobile music player, including MP3 taggers, renamers, normalisers, file format converters etc.
* Maintain the expected core functionality of Easy Debian, i.e. LibreOffice, GIMP, etc.

=== Specifications ===

==== Package selection ====
Packages are largely selected from Debian "wheezy", except where dependencies on a newer version of PulseAudio would prohibit this. Therefore, the image is an injudicious mixture of oldstable, stable and testing. Packages are selected on a best effort basis to avoid unmet dependencies.

==== Disk image ====
The disk image has been enlarged to 4GB in size (well, 4GB minus one byte), which is the largest file that will fit on a FAT32 filesystem, and converted (well, copied over) to an ext4 filesystem. The use of ext4 means that you will require a relatively recent kernel-power & CSSU to mount and use the image, but it does offer slight performance advantages over ext3.

== Software included ==

=== Internet ===
* Chromium web browser (from Squeeze)
* Iceweasel web browser (10.0.6)
* Icedove e-mail client (10.0.6)

=== Office ===
* AbiWord
* LibreOffice

=== Audio / Video ===
* XMMS2
** gXMMS2
** Abraca
** GJay 0.3.2
* QASTools
** QASMixer
** QASHCTL
** QASConfig  
* SoundConverter
* EasyMP3Gain-GTK 0.5.1
** mp3gain
** vorbisgain
** aacgain 
* Musicbrainz Picard 1.0
* MP3 Diags 1.0.11
* Audacity 1.3.12 (from stable) - the version from "testing" depends on a newer version of libportaudio2, but ours is held back for pulseaudio compatibility.

== Packages not working as expected ==

* GJay - installs and runs OK, but scanning silently fails (visible in debug mode) complaining that (all of 4000+) MP3s aren't valid.

== Still needing work ==

Packages in this section have been installed successfully, but require some scripting work in order to be any use.

=== LAMP environment ===

=== MythTV 0.24 (from stable) ===
The version from "testing" depends on a newer verson of libpulse0

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 ==== Key aims ====
-* Advanced MP3 functionality to complement the use of the N900 as a mobile music player, including MP3 taggers, validators, renamers, normalisers, file format converters etc.
+* Advanced MP3 functionality to complement the use of the N900 as a mobile music player, including MP3 taggers, renamers, normalisers, file format converters etc.
 * Maintain the expected core functionality of Easy Debian, i.e. LibreOffice, GIMP, etc.