On 04/07/2011 11:48 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 18:24 +0200, ailo wrote: > [snip] >> It is however worth gold to know what setup you can trust, in what way, >> and with what hardware, even if you don't know why :) (which I seldom do). > > Full ACK Ailo. > > 10.04 LTS Lucid April 2010 - April 2013 = supported for 3 years > 10.10 Maverick October 2010 - April 2012 = supported for 1.5 years > 11.04 Natty April 2011 - October 2012 = supported for 1.5 years > Every 6 month a new version. > > SUSE 11.2 November 2009 - May 2011 = supported for 1.5 years > SUSE 11.3 July 2010 - January 2012 = supported for 1.5 years > SUSE 11.4 March 2011 - September 2012 = supported for 1.5 years > Every 8 month a new version. > > Debian Etch April 2007 - February 2010 = supported for 3 years > Debian Lenny February 2010 - still supported > Debian Squeeze February 2011 - still supported > > 'Some lib versions are too old for new apps' vs 'updates for libs aren't > tested long enough' > We should have a stable version and we should have a future version for > tests and bug reports. > > Perhaps a distro for DAWs should be handled similar to Ubuntu's server > support for LTS versions, e.g. > 10.04 LTS Lucid April 2010 - April 2015 = supported for 5 years > > IMO there's a difference between using the computer as a toy or using > the computer as a tool. The computer can be the desire by itself or > music can be the desire, so hunting and comparing versions, special > desktop FX etc. are less relevant.
That is of course up to the user, what he or she wants to do with it. For me it has been a hunt for a system that works according to: 1. My hardware needs 2. My software needs What I need is a system that works, flawlessly. Flawlessly means, I don't suffer crashes in the middle of a performance, and I don't hear irregularities caused by the system. Finding that out may be a different experience for people, because of a range of variables. One of them being what hardware is used. Another being what the system is used for. I have yet not worked with -lowlatency for long periods of time, like I have with previous -rt kernels. So far, it does seem as -lowlatency will serve my purposes well. Only one -rt kernel has done that for me so far, but I have not been in this game for very long. > > And there are more computer users who are experienced office workers, > than experienced musicians. Imagine an experience of '20 days a month * > 8 hours * several month (years)' using the computer for writing business > correspondences or administrating a server and an experience of '4 hours > * 52 weekends a year * several years' producing music with the computer. > > 2 Cents, > > Ralf > > > > -- ailo -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
