Chris Pickett wrote: > > No, I'm using 2.6.7-gentoo-r5. Maybe I'll try the CCRMA kernel at some > point, or better yet, switch to one of the available audio > distributions. Who knows ... I'm tired of installation and upgrades and > configuration woes at this point, even if quasi-automated. Well, I'm back to 2.6.6 on my laptop, but that's because the Alsa folks break drivers, don't test them, and then release them on the unassuming world. Not a kind thing to do. ;-) I'm waiting for new, supposedly fixed Alsa driver to make it into the development kernels so that I can move forward. I think that Gentoo is a lot of work when you decide to be very up to date. I'm not speaking of ~x86 stuff. I'm meaning just keeping up with updates, etc., is far too much time compiling. I have 4 Gentoo boxes going these days. I'm pretty tired of it. (See this weeks 'automated updates' thread on why it will likely never get better...) You'd be smart to get a Gentoo box working and then just leave it alone and write music. I get so sucked into all this this technology that it takes too much time away from what you and I would rather be doing. I've rebelled against using Suse for an audio distro due to a bad encounter I had with them early on in my learning about Linux, but I do think they make a good product. There's not many reason's to use Suse without using Yast, or that's what I hear. take care, Mark
