-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin Horn wrote: > Hi Ralf, > > Thanks for all the input and suggestions but I am not very experienced > with linux and building my own kernel would shure take me a while ... > I do not understand the difference in building a kernel and recompiling > the alsa-drivers as the latter seems to include building the kernel for > what I found out so far. Maybe correct me if I'm wrong and it is easier > to just compile the drivers.
The Linux can be modular, in that you can build drivers and components as loadable modules. This is in fact how most distros build their kernels. What this means is that you can add and or replace drivers, functionality etc. as long as certain technical rules are followed. This is the short-short version :) Alsa is one of those things that can be replaced, with reasonable ease. > > For now I just want to use my new soundcard so unfortunately I will have > to switch back to ubuntustudio which includes a 2.6.31 kernel in the > latest release. > This might be a reason for other people too to switch distros, it takes > me half an hour to make a new install but it would take me days now to > get my setup working when starting to build the kernel myself... > > Hopefully there will be a 2.6.32-rt patch soon and a new release of > 64studio with it. In fact I made better audio experiences with 64studio Probably not. Thus far 64Studio has been basing their releases around Debian Stable and now Ubuntu LTS releases. What this means is that the next major revision is likely to be after the release of Ubuntu 10.04. Usually there is nothing to stop a distro like 64Studio from using a newer kernel. > and also like it more than ubuntustudio for being more lightweight and > straightforward. I am not sure about straightforward, but I do like the focus on stability. There is a reason that my DAW runs 64Studio even if that focus on stability causes me issues with things like rakaraak. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksutfsACgkQwRXgH3rKGfMA/ACfbV2VyrU2CynV+fLV+RUQENKE xgkAn0xhJsV055nAyxQ/QglO+47ckhju =BzKB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
