Hi Gustin, On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> -----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. > Thats nice to hear, although I think at the moment I don't have time to dive deeper into this. I will have to start reading about some basics first instead of running from one problem into another while messing with stuff I don't know nothing about. If you are building a kernel once in a while and are willing to build one for me as well (e.g. 2.6.31-rt, no PAE, latest alsa drivers/ snd-usb-caiaq module) please let me know! Would be very nice if it doesn't take you extra time. > > > > 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 >
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