AV Linux 2016.8.30 Audio Production OS Ships with Linux 4.4.6 Real-Time Kernel | Linux Today

AV Linux 2016.8.30 Audio Production OS Ships with Linux 4.4.6 Real-Time Kernel

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Marius Nestor
Sep 7, 2016

Powered by the Linux 4.4.6 real-time kernel that has been patched to support 32-bit applications and VirtualBox kernel module building, AV Linux 2016.8.30 adds the Ardour 5.3.0 and Mixbus 3.6.0 digital audio workstations, replaces VLC Media Player and Audacious with MPV, and improves AAC encoding in WinFF. The Catfish file search tool in now integrated in the Thunar file manager, which also received a new custom action that lets users paste a copied file path from clipboard to any application with the middle mouse button or click scroll, by using the ‘xclip’ command-line utility, along with support for running shell scripts to install various app bundles.

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