i use debian/ubuntu dists on coreduo or quad 32 bit (currently mostly
ubuntu 10/11) on pc and mac, but fedora worked fine as well (simply
since i started with debian it's easy for me).
I use cinelerra compiled from scratch from community git picking up
from Monty version or other contributions ( often i use several
machines to speed HD job) and different version of cinelerra.
imho it's important not using 3d desktop (whatever you decide to use)
or similar: i mean that stuff really slow video job or playback.
thks to all developers and community since cinelerra is quite stable,
at the time
really thx!
Vale
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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