Chris Pickett wrote: > Chris Pickett wrote: > >> Russell Hanaghan wrote: >> >>> I need to stretch my wings a little and try something outside of >>> Mandrake 10.0... >>> >>> Can I get some basic pros and cons of the different distro's you're >>> using? And especially from previous Mandrake users. >>> >>> Been thinking about CCRMA because I'm used to packages but I would >>> build >>> more stuff if it wasn't such a struggle every time I do it. Sometimes I >>> just need to install stuff and have it work and not spend 20 hours >>> sifting through Google hits, how to's, etc. I enjoy the learning and >>> Linux; I just don't have a lot of spare time. >> >> >> >> Well, here's some opinions on Gentoo for ya... .. ..... . >> >> http://www.funroll-loops.org/ >> http://www.linuxjunior.org/yabbse/index.php?board=7;action=display;threadid=9480;start=0#msg85985 >> >> >> Why don't you just go ahead and try CCRMA with FC1 or FC2? >> >> Chris >> >> (I'm using Gentoo, but I rarely update it since I don't want to fix >> it if something breaks) >> > > Sorry, here's the one I was looking for specifically: > > http://greenfly.org/mes.html > > (linked from funroll-loops.org, but in case you miss it) > > I'll give a vote for Gentoo too. Easy to install all the programs but I spent half a lifetime trying to stop xruns from occuring. It works now but unfortunately I'm at a loss to know exactly what it is I've enabled/configured to allow my SB Live! to work so well.