Simon Greenwood

Dad, music wrangler, sysadmin, highly trained Yorkshireman. Been around the block a number of times.
Music as Bedlam Steps, Nonalogue, Idle Worker and Orchestre Nathan Spring. Bonk curious.
Expect tech ramblings, #nowplaying and low volume shitposting.

Blog: https://simongreenwood.me.uk
Pronouns: He/Him
Messaging: Delta Chat: [chat@simongreenwood.me.uk](mailto:chat@simongreenwood.me.uk )
XMPP: [simon@chat.grnwds.uk](mailto:simon@chat.grnwds.uk )
Bedlam Steps: Bedlam Steps (npub1awp…2gs8)
My music: https://music.bedlamsteps.uk
Field Recording Radio: https://radio.simongreenwood.me.uk

Last Notes

2026-02-07 18:03:32 UTC

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Good point, one for @npub14kx…urew ?
@npub1c6z…q3gp

2026-02-07 17:40:58 UTC

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I like Fedilab, that does multiple accounts.
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2026-01-02 09:35:57 UTC

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Hmm, it works for me with Fedilab on my Gotosocial instance, which would suggest it's an instance level thing.
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2025-10-09 14:29:00 UTC

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Ah, no, the task uses apt to install packages so it would need to be adapted to Arch's packaging system , pacman. It may not work with Debian either as an up to date Ubuntu has different packages and versions in some areas.

2025-10-09 14:20:47 UTC

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Ah, found it, give me a sec.

2025-10-09 14:19:54 UTC

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I'm not, but point me at the playbook and I'll see if it can be replicated.

2025-10-08 21:16:37 UTC

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It's fine, I run Ardour and Bitwig on it. I've bought too many Windows VSTs over the years, but yabridge works, and @npub1jep…jqax's discovery that iLok works has been incredibly useful.
As MacOS and Windows become increasingly inflexible, I think more software makers will support Linux directly because it will be the best option for music making.
@npub1nuu…gjr3

2025-10-08 20:29:09 UTC

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Manjaro is an Arch distribution that works pretty well and is well supported for music resources. With Endeavour you have to dig about under the bonnet (hood) a bit more. Cachyos I haven't tried yet.
A Linux distribution basically consists of an interface, a packaging system and a philosophy - Ubuntu Studio prioritises the latter so there isn't too much to do. Manjaro (or similar) tries to be a flexible general purpose distribution that just works, but with the ability and resources to adjust options as required.
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2025-10-08 19:00:25 UTC

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I've run Manjaro on my music laptop for a few years, it's based on Arch but the software manager is really good, and it's a lot easier to fix than apt (I've done that enough over the years as well).
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2025-10-01 06:38:54 UTC

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Let me sing you the songs of my people.
(I think that sequence is negotiating up to 56k - it had a very specific sound)

2025-09-23 20:58:27 UTC

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+1 for unlisted here, not sure if that's 'Followers' or 'Just you' in the vote.