[linux-audio-user] MDK audio distro survey

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On 28 Jan 2003 23:19:40 -0500
Austin Acton <aacton@xxxxxxxx> wrote / a écrit:

> Hello all,
> I'm a major contributor and volunteer at Mandrake, and I've been working
> to get Mandrake up-to-date and more complete with regard to audio
> applications, so I thought this would be a good place to come for
> advice.  If you have a few minutes, please answer any of the following
> questions you can.  Doing so will help make Mandrake 9.1 the best audio
> distribution on the planet...
> 
> 1. If Mandrake 9.0 is your primary distribution for audio, what is your
> #1 complaint?

yes. with 8.2 on a second machine.
Low-latency patch is not present. 



> 2. If Mandrake 9.0 is not your primary distribution for audio, why not? 
> What is missing or what has turned you away?

on the second machine: I have downloaded kernel 2.4.16 and applied the low-latency patch.

> 
> 3. What audio applications are we missing (please check current list
> provided below, as many new apps have been added since 9.0)?

OMG. mplayer is missing! realplay maybe is unauthorized elsewher from real.com. If not, why not?
lame for mp3 encoding?
> 4. What thee audio applications do you consider the most
> valuable/important? (do not include alsa, jack, mixers, or ogg/mp3
> players/encoders)
> 

rosegarden
xmms
something to do multitrack recording


> Thanks very much.  I appreciate your time, and please let me know
> personally if there is anything else I can do to make Mandrake more
> audio-friendly.
> 
> Austin
> -- 
>                         Austin Acton Hon.B.Sc.
>              Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant
>            Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto
>              MandrakeClub Volunteer (www.mandrakeclub.com)
>                      homepage: www.groundstate.ca


Thanks for your work.
Guy CLO~
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