The team developing Ubuntu Studio has just decided to use XFCE for their next release - Ubuntu Studio 11.10 - now that Gnome2 has been replaced by Unity on Ubuntu as the default desktop system, and Gnome2 will be later replaced by Gnome3.
There is also a strong desire to get a preempt configured kernel into the main repo for that release, called linux-lowlatency. We've been testing it during the development of 11.04 Natty, but it did unfortunately not make it into the main repo this time. The 2.6.39 kernel, as you may know, will support the use of rtirq-init script to raise priority for audio devices. For Ubuntu Natty, the kernel used is now 2.6.38. Reliability with low latencies across many systems may need to be determined, but it seems to do ok. Also, Ubuntu Studio would like to be using a live image. I'm thinking perhaps there are areas in Puredyne development, that could be collaborated on between these two distros, thus making the effort less for Puredyne releases? If someone is interested in getting involved, just subscribe to the Ubuntu Studio devel mail list, or hang out at freenode, channel #ubuntustudio-devel and talk with ScottL, the team leader for Ubuntu Studio. Real name Scott Lavender. Cheers. -- ailo --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
