On 09/04/2013 09:30 AM, Gord L Williams wrote:
Okay dudes, I have a perfect install of 13.o4 with everything working.
Do you want me to try the upgrade, or just wipe it and install clean?
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Alex, I use LTS versions only, which are supported for a longer
cycle. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS Although they lack the latest
software, as in bleeding edge, they are stable as they get. I would
suggest 12.04 LTS if you want to rock out for a while. 13.04 and
anything non LTS has a shorter support cycle, and usually when they
fix it another version catches the attention of everyone and off they
go, to an extent.
If your purpose is recording like mine is, you can add the latest
Ardour or Mixbus fairly easily to this stable base. All other
software is also subject to update, as well. In this way your
wanting for little. Sometimes a software requires the latest version
of the libraries (linux programs rely on them and often aren't
compiled in the same way windows programs are, and can be a bit more
painful, Windows programs will update the libraries at install - .net
is one of them for instance.)
The point is there is a decision to be made in most cases between
bleeding edge and stable. I opt for stable obviously and upgrade only
what I absolutely need. The alternative is to look for distributions
that have done it for you. Ubuntustudio is one, KXStudio is another
and Dreamstudio is probably the most augmented in terms of software.
Dreamstudio comes with the latest Ardour, no need to install it. But
going the route of installing a distribution can be rather uneven in
that respect. Distributions pick the software, and for instance I
have no idea what to do with Cinelerra or if I will do something with
it. Maybe if I do some local stuff on video. Mostly I am voiceover
by remote. Not my precise purpose, see what I mean?
For digital music, your probably fine with Ubuntustudio. Me I am a
voice over artist and tend to tear down or erase a lot of the synth
stuff as it does not apply. I do a little photography, so I keep that.
I suppose I just can't find an ideal distribution without what many
call 'bloat'. I tried at one point to go with a plain ubuntu
distribution and customize it, but that got off the rails rather
quickly. From what I see you might be able to manage it, and that may
be the ultimate route for you.
Good luck.
Gord, I could be off the mark here...but I believe he was asking about
testing Studio 13.10, which was announced a little earlier in the list.
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