I'll quickly add to this, and thoroughly endorse Kevin's articulate and throughtful post.
I left 64 Studio for Gentoo out of choice, and the desire to build a studio from the ground up for a specific purpose. (See www.openoctave.org.) But my experience with 64studio 3.0. beta was a rewarding one, in a debian based environment. Terrific distro, and even in beta stage, there were few problems. I have little doubt that a new 64studio user will enjoy the distro, and any problems, or challenges will be looked at quickly by the devs and fellow power users. That was my experience, and it certainly hasn't changed, given the enthusiasm and shared knowledge on the mailing list, and forums. There's also been a quantum shift in the structure of the linux kernel, with many changes, particularly related to RT performance, new timer type, etc. I'm no expert, so others can add more specific detail here should they choose to do so. That has presented a challenge for devs across most distros, and the transition period meant a lot of work for a lot of people. Ralf, i've watched you inundate lists with this "Linux Audio generally sucks because i can't set it up properly" stuff, and i stopped responding to your generally negative posts a long time ago. You might wish to "brand" yourself as the modern day saviour of Linux Audio, but it comes across as anything but, with wild rambling posts, a lack of structured assesment of problems, your inability to accept you might be capable of user error, or just really disorganised, and a general air of.....miserable decay that you seem to think is the malaise of Linux Audio as a viable proposition for the new parttime, or fulltime user. It simply isn't true, it's your experience, and you feel compelled to tell anyone who will listen or read, that as it doesn't work for you, it must be complete crap for everyone. It isn't. Quite the reverse. Branding us all with your inadequacies, and frustrations, doesn't change the fact that many of us are using Linux Audio setups successfully, to a high standard, and day in day out. The highly configurable nature of Linux apps gives the willing user the chance of a rewarding journey, and experience, well in excess of anything that can be gleaned from a closed source environment. There are challenges along the way for the lazy, or disinterested, or those who don't actually write music, merely talk about doing it, but for those of us who have put a decent commitment into using Linux based apps in a serious environment, the rewards are many, and continous. I use Linux Audio apps based on a Gentoo framework these days and i'd NEVER go back to a close source working environment. I've put the pain of many years of having to create serious and desperate workarounds for hardcoded software limitations well behind me. To new users, I would encourage you not to be put off by Ralf's experience. There are lots of us who have a great time using Linux apps, and are more than happy on a daily basis to use them, in a working environment, and have the intelligence to enjoy the greater configurable nature of a linux based workstation, knowing the more we contribute and learn, the greater the rewards are. 64 studio is an excellent distro for music making, particularly for those who aren't so interested in the size and colour of their......"icons", but writing music, and creating something instead. Keep an open mind, learn a bit, and the enjoyment and sense of personal achievement as your skills grow, will provide sustained momentum. Imho. Alex. www.openoctave.org [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
