On 11/11/2012 12:10 PM, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > > Hi, > > Very soon I will need to replace my old laptop. > On my new laptop I will again install a Fedora based system. > It will be a general purpose installation, but music/midi/audio will be > an important part of my computer usage. > > In the days when I first installed Fedora on my current laptop 32 and 64 > bits distros were already available, but many people advised me to stick > to 32 bits for the time being because: > 1. There was hardly any advantage in real life usage for 64bits vs 32 bits. > 2. There were (at that time) still compatibility issues with a few > important software packages. > > > Question: > > What's the current situation, especially for prof. audio/midi software, > on Fedora? > Should I go for 64 bits on a modern system, or is it still safer to > stick to 32 bits ? > I'm doing fine with F17-64, JACK, various softsynths, etc. SC/gedit appears to work, but I haven't actually tried it out. Using a normal kernel rather than a CCRMA rt kernel for the time being. Also iForth/fJack; fJack is an interesting JACK symbiot. vlc fits into this suite nicely. -- clients.teksavvy.com/~echapin _______________________________________________ music mailing list music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music
