Hi Lukasz, Thanks for the questions,
Lukasz Jastrzebski said : > Would you be sticking to the nearest LTS version? What are the plans > for next 2-3 years? > How much time do you estimate for preparing upgraded packages after > every official release of Ubuntu? > How much glue is used to hold to crazy ubuntu half-year overhaul cycle? Ideally, we want to be as close as possible to ubuntu release cycle. We tried for a couple of weeks to see how we could stick with Lenny and backporting software to keep it "fresh", or on the other hand, stick with testing, but both options were too extreme and quite a hassle. Ubuntu allows us to still work with testing but as snapshots every 6 months, which is quite close to the way and time we want to go on working with Puredyne in the future. The test iso we're working on now is based on the upcoming karmic. Upgrading packages, thanks to launchpad, is much faster and convenient than running our own pbuilder, so we have good hope that it will boost the time needed to prepare new packages and be an attractive solution for other people to contribute. Furthermore we have seen that a lot of the packages we were preparing in Debian are already there in Ubuntu so that means more time for us to work on the live distro, kernel and the packages that are missing, not to mention that some of our packages have also been already integrated in the work of other Ubuntu teams. > Is p:d a serious distro (second base system change last time...)? It takes time to find the right system and we think we will be sticking to this one for a while. Besides, no matter which base system we have used in the past, our releases have always been standalone systems running very well as live environments. > I really want to have my own tweaks (drivers, settings, software > like Veejay) without breaking-searching-patching-repairing cycle > after every dist-upgrade. > Will there be "pure pack" that will automate purifying process on > Ubuntu installation? We are using ubiquity the desktop installer from Ubuntu, that will make a copy of the live distro straight to your HD, so you'll have a full install, just like it has been configured on the live medium, instead of having to install the operating system manually, configure the package sources, change the kernel, select the packages, etc. We could not dream of a better full install system. It's going to simplify a lot of things! :) You can use that as a base system, or make your own from scratch using our broth script. For people already using Ubuntu, it will just be a matter to use our PPA and that's it. The dist-upgrade issue is the same as for any debian based system, up to the users to decide when/how they want to tweak the system and face the consequences, which are usually minors anyway. As usual, if you're happy with a given system and it fullfills your needs, then there is no need to upgrade. > How huge are differences between p:d and ubuntustudio? We're still focussed on a very light desktop/system that can run on any machine (at least PIII 800), our own rt kernel, and adding packages that are either missing from other distros/repos or not packaged/updated as we think it should... So no changes on that. Ubuntu does not provide live systems and is gnome based with a focus on home studio applications. Our live system is still using Debian live entirely and not Ubuntu's live system. From a user point of view there are no differences between our lenny based cc alpha and the karma one (really!). a. --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
