Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-22 Thread bigswift
- From: Roman Haefeli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frank Barknecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pd-list@iem.at Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use? On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 19:06 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: Hallo, Roman Haefeli hat gesagt

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-22 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, [EMAIL PROTECTED] hat gesagt: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i found getting pd running on Ubuntu EXTREMELY easy. user may use synaptic package manager: 1.) search Tk8.4, install Tk8.4 Tk8.4-dev 2.) search tcl8.4, install tcl8.4 tcl8.4-dev 3.) search alsa, install libalsaound-dev

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-22 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Roman Haefeli hat gesagt: // Roman Haefeli wrote: yes, it is: Filename: pool/universe/p/puredata/puredata_0.39.2-1ubuntu1_i386.deb 0.39-2, though Seems Debian is more up to date then: testing and unstable already have 0.40, maybe they can be installed on Ubuntu systems as well:

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-22 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Sun, 2007-04-22 at 16:43 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: Hallo, [EMAIL PROTECTED] hat gesagt: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i found getting pd running on Ubuntu EXTREMELY easy. user may use synaptic package manager: 1.) search Tk8.4, install Tk8.4 Tk8.4-dev 2.) search tcl8.4,

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-22 Thread patrick
i was referring to ubuntu dapper (i am still on dapper, yes), but now - after dapper and edgy - feisty is released. feisty also has 0.40.2. me too, i am still with dapper. but is feisty realtime capable with low latency tweaking? pat ___

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-22 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Roman Haefeli hat gesagt: // Roman Haefeli wrote: i was referring to ubuntu dapper (i am still on dapper, yes), but now - after dapper and edgy - feisty is released. feisty also has 0.40.2. i am not sure, if it is possible to install on dapper the package from debian

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-20 Thread Andy Farnell
Yep, there's loads of great stuff on PlanetCCRMA although it's worth noting that you don't need a RH distro to enjoy CCRMA packages.. I have successfully converted a few using alien to .deb packages which can then be installed with dpkg. On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:14:38 +0200 patrice colet [EMAIL

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-19 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: Unfortuntaely, Pd on ubuntu isn't quite that easy to install yet. $ aptitude install puredata Externals are harder. Ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ __footils.org_ __goto10.org__

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-19 Thread Patco
Frank Barknecht a écrit : Hallo, Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: Unfortuntaely, Pd on ubuntu isn't quite that easy to install yet. $ aptitude install puredata Externals are harder. Ciao It would be so great if there was a repository

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-19 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Patco hat gesagt: // Patco wrote: It would be so great if there was a repository where we could find more .pd_linux files precompiled for all architectures, and the cvs or extended set of abstractions and extensions... my one ct You mean a kind of pd-externals archive: Just

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-19 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 16:11 +0200, Malte Steiner wrote: There is an forthcomming Ubuntustudio project which should give better performance as stock Ubuntu but they are not finished or? on #ubuntustudio they told me, that it is planned to release ubuntu studio this april. let's see...

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-19 Thread Kevin McCoy
Wow... I am writing this from my first functional install of linux on my iMac G5. Debian seems really great. Talk about an installation that just works - well this is the first-ever on this machine. Cool! Thanks, Frank! Kevin On 4/19/07, Roman Haefeli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu,

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-19 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
On Apr 19, 2007, at 9:04 AM, Patco wrote: Frank Barknecht a écrit : Hallo, Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: Unfortuntaely, Pd on ubuntu isn't quite that easy to install yet. $ aptitude install puredata Externals are harder. Ciao It would be so

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-19 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
On Apr 19, 2007, at 1:48 PM, Patco wrote: Frank Barknecht a écrit : Hallo, Patco hat gesagt: // Patco wrote: It would be so great if there was a repository where we could find more .pd_linux files precompiled for all architectures, and the cvs or extended set of abstractions and

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-19 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: It would be quite straightforward to make debian packages from the Pd- extended build system. I helped nando from CCRMA make PlanetCCRMA packages from the Pd-extended build system, so we worked out most of the

[PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-18 Thread Thomas Jeppesen
Hi all, I've been trying to get PD up and running on linux for a while, but so far I've not been lucky, prolly because I'm a linux nub. The first installation I tried (Fedora) didn't have a familiar interface. The second (Ubuntu) did, but I couldn't install PD on it for some unknow reason. I

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-18 Thread Richard Lewis
On Wednesday 18 April 2007 23:11, Thomas Jeppesen wrote: Hi all, I've been trying to get PD up and running on linux for a while, but so far I've not been lucky, prolly because I'm a linux nub. The first installation I tried (Fedora) didn't have a familiar interface. The second (Ubuntu) did,

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-18 Thread Roman Haefeli
i can only speak for myself, but for several reasons i like ubuntu the most. also i get the impression, that it grows to one of the biggest linux communities, so you are not alone, if you encounter troubles. if you are after a compiled pd-extended anyway, visit

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-18 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:01 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: Hallo, Richard Lewis hat gesagt: // Richard Lewis wrote: I run pd on Debian. Me, too. Debian rules. Other than that pure:dyne rules as well. i agree, though ubuntu is also a debian derivative, but sometimes much easier to use than

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-18 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Roman Haefeli hat gesagt: // Roman Haefeli wrote: On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:01 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: Me, too. Debian rules. Other than that pure:dyne rules as well. i agree, though ubuntu is also a debian derivative, but sometimes much easier to use than debian and from my

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-18 Thread Thomas Jeppesen
Message - From: Roman Haefeli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frank Barknecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pd-list@iem.at Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use? On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 19:06 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: Hallo, Roman Haefeli hat gesagt

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-18 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
, 2007 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use? On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 19:06 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: Hallo, Roman Haefeli hat gesagt: // Roman Haefeli wrote: On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:01 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: Me, too. Debian rules. Other than that pure:dyne rules

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-18 Thread Chris Delahousse
So if you guys had to choose THE best linux distribution for PD and audio applications only in a LIVE PERFORMANCE with a laptop, which would it be? I'm to figure out the best distribution for my live performances with my laptop. Would a 64bit system be much better than a 32bit system? I'm

Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

2007-04-18 Thread carmen
On Thu Apr 19, 2007 at 12:44:37AM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: I am a big fan of Debian because the package management is so well done. admittedly i havent used debian or related distrii for 2-3 years, so maybe my info is obsolete, but the package manager isnt that great. the