i have used dynebolic+puredyne in live situations, with really good performance, also i have used ubuntu studio (hardy) for graphics and audio, and for me, it works ok, what i like: Updated very frequently, the guys work hard fixing things and trying to improve the distro i like the concept of "just use it", don't mess with kernel stuff and compiling things, so you have time for the fun stuff Apt-get works great, just search for the app, install and use it Many of the interesting audio/video apps are ready to use Great support from the ubuntu community Good graphics support
what i don't like: Sometimes things get broken when you do an update , so you have to wait for a couple of days until a new update comes by the way fedora/ccrma distro is solid as a rock in audio, but it lacks good 3d support, now if you can compile the needed drivers, you should consider it. M. M. 2008/7/13 Derek Holzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hey gang, > > In a search for distraction from the project I'm really supposed to be > working on, I decided to update my (until now stable but very outdated) > Gentoo media editing machine. A couple days of circular package blocks, > missing dependencies and vanishing libraries later, I'm really curious > why I once decided it was a good idea to compile everything myself ;-) > (Note to Gentooers: "emerge --update --deep world" once a month, or get > the thing stable and never touch it again! If you wait too long, and > your current packages go out of Portage, it can be hellish!). > > So if and when this machine is hosed, what would be a good distro to put > on it? I don't feel much like the super-hacker I was a four or five > years ago when I got into Gentoo, but I like a distro that I can > configure to be extremely minimal and transparent. And what is > absolutely necessary is that it has well-configured versions of all the > audio softs that I depend on, such as Ardour (w/ VST support!), Jamin, > LADSPAs, JACK, etc. Realtime/prempt kernel = A-OK. Ability to use > PD-Extended is of course a plus, and also the ability to mount HFS+ > drives without destroying them (as Ubuntu has done to me in the past) is > also necessary. > > I looked at Ubuntu Studio, but I wanted to ask who actually uses it. > From the page it seems like maybe it's not well-maintained, and that's > another requirement for me after messing around with different > audio-related overlays for Portage that eventually get abandoned. > > If Ubuntu Studio isn't the right one, can anyone suggest another option? > My last criteria is that it has a coherent user community and excellent > docs (strongest point of Gentoo, and from what I recall a weak point of > straight Debian, IMHO). > > thx + best! > D. > > -- > derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: > http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista > ---Oblique Strategy # 84: > "How would you have done it?" > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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