Mark Knecht wrote: > On 11/14/06, Brad Fuller <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Do you have any problems getting the latest audio apps? (that is, not >> compiling, but already packaged) > No problems with that. There is now a maintained 'proaudio' overlay > that gives access to pretty much everything I know about. (No > promises!) you can find out more about the overlay here: > > http://proaudio.tuxfamily.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page > > Please note that Gentoo is a source release distro. Eventually you > build *everything* on your system from source code. This means that to > initially install the system you starting by downloading a small set > of precomiled packages to get the machine to boot and then you compile > most everything (in my case Xorg, Gnome, Firefox) you want to run. > > It's a lot of work but it's been very stable for me. Thanks Mark, I'll check it out. How long does it take to start from scratch? I have an P4 1.8 that I'd try it on. Then, how long does it take from start (from the small set you mentioned) to a full DAW? Also, what is your experience with full distro upgrades? You say you do minor upgrades while working during the day. Can you really do real-time audio work while upgrading? I have to admit, it sounds like a lot of crunching. What kind of problems do you run into? My biggest complaint for running from source, as anyone would attest, is the dependencies - secondary sources that I have to find and compiles. When finally found, you have to compile, and then there may be yet another problem with the dependency! This could be a continuous problem, as you probably very well know. Is this reasonably accommodated with Gentoo (like using a package manager)? thanks, brad (are you running MythTV on Gentoo?)
