Hello
I use ubuntu studio 10,04 works well. I was mandriva before also but i
quit the systeme en 2008 since I'm with ubuntu. At the beginning I was
using every upgrade but now I use only the LTS versions. It's better
more stable to work. I installe normal version before then upgrade to
studio version.
Goodluck
haldun

Le 30/11/2011 17:59, Richard Rasker a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I've been a long-time Mandriva user, but IMHO, this distribution is
> going downhill ever since version 2008.1, although some of my latest
> gripes can also be attributed to the overhaul of the sound system and
> the new KDE4 desktop environment -- things common to all KDE-based
> distributions.
>
> As it is, I've upgraded several machines of myself and my users up to
> Mandriva version 2010.2, and with every "upgrade" more things got messed
> up that worked just fine before. Some examples:
>
> - Video playback (DV, MPEG, DVD) that used to be smooth on 2008.1
> machines is now always more or less choppy, even with proprietary codecs
> and GPU drivers installed.
> - The sound system has become a horrible "one slider to rule them all"
> experience, without any of the old, fine-grained mixer features I like.
> Also, KDE now often reports that sound devices are missing, or that
> Phonon doesn't work -- whilst merrily playing the startup sound at the
> same time.
> - The Firewire device port that was always automatically and properly
> set up upon connecting a camera now requires manual intervention by root
> to make certain that /dev/raw1394 has the correct permissions -- every
> single time I hook up something.
> - Increasingly, applications demand that I install extra, paid-for codec
> packs in order to enjoy MP3 files, Internet radio or MPEG video. These
> things used to be installed automatically after adding non-free package
> sources, but no more.
> - And now I found that Ghostscript apparently has a problem: I can't use
> my printer for anything but text because any picture results in a
> "pstoraster failed" message. I never had printer problems before.
>
> And even if things weren't always peachy in the past, I always succeeded
> in finding solutions by searching the Internet. Not any more -- I spent
> many, many hours trying to solve the above problems, but to no avail. As
> you may gather, the situation is becoming unworkable, especially in
> terms of multimedia activities.
>
> BTW, the main reason to upgrade at all was the emergence of new video
> formats and codecs, such as HD and H.264, unsupported in most 2008.1
> applications. Also, compiling stuff on this old distribution became
> troublesome, because of dependencies involving newer libraries.
>
> Please note also that the hardware is not the problem: all machines have
> ample RAM (1GB or more) and HD space, good graphics cards and 2.8+GHz
> modern multicore CPU's.
>
>
> So here's my question: what's the Cinelerra users' favourite
> distribution? Or which distribution would probably meet my requirements
> best?
> Thanks for any suggestions, and yes, I have a modern spare PC that I can
> use to try out any amount of distributions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Richard Rasker
>
>
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