I'd have to agree. I spent some weeks getting a fresh gentoo partition running, getting ardour working, only to get stopped dead in my tracks with a (not yet proven) kernel bug in ext3 code. I threw my hands in the air with disgust and had RH8 + planet going in 8 hours (incl burning/verifying the ISOs) having never tried that route before (thanks Fernando). I'm not a dummy, but I can read the instructions (Fernando - may I suggest a link to an rpm repair page: I remember why I ditched MDK/RH). Tonight I captured 3 hours of rehearsal direct to disk. No glitches. Zero to un-coordinated hero in a day.... R > [a little bit late on this thread...] > > > Red Hat is okay as a server distro but they just don't seem to understand > > the desktop and unless you're a power user who knows enough to install > > apt-rpm, you're stuck in dependency hell. > > Hmmm, maybe not yet for "absolute beginners" but you don't need to be a > "power user" either. Surf to: > http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/ > Follow the directions and get apt installed (no dependency hell), a > lowlat kernel, alsa and a bunch of audio/video apps. > > -- Fernando
