On Saturday 30 May 2009 04:15:51 am Dave Phillips wrote: > Marcel Marti wrote: > > ... I think that a distro that misses an RT kernel twice is not a > > serious audio oriented distro. > > Agree++. > > The exchange over this topic has been quite timely for me. I've received > an offer to write articles for a magazine dedicated to Ubuntu, and I > find myself in a dilemma. I've installed Intrepid, Hardy, 64 Studio 3 > beta (based on Hardy), and Jaunty w. Ubuntu Studio. I've had serious > problems with every one of them, and not only on my laptop. > > Yesterday I installed 8.10 (i386) on my 2nd production box, then I > proceeded to the online upgrade to Jaunty. Everything went well, then I > installed the Ubuntu Studio meta packages. At first I thought everything > was okay, then I ran into an old problem. At some point it became > impossible to close anything, e.g. terminal window, running programs, > even the session. I ran into exactly the same problem on my laptop when > I originally installed 8.10 there. I reported it, as did many other > users, yet here it is still, annoying as ever. In fact, almost every > problem I encountered in 8.10 is still present. Frustration leads me to > wonder whether the devs ever even read the forums. (I'm sure they do, > but why this persistence of well-known issues ?) > > Is Ubuntu development really this bad ? I find it hard to believe that > such great efforts towards desktop improvements have overshadowed sheer > workability. At this point I'm looking for a replacement for the UStudio > default rt kernel, perhaps that will alleviate the problem, but one > thing is certain: As it exists now, I can't recommend Ubuntu Studio in > good faith. Too much extra work is required to make it work, and the > remaining performance problems simply obviate its utility. > > Btw, the partitioner worked fine, but it reduced the disk space for my > previous JAD installation by so much that I was unable to log in until I > made more space in /home. > > UStudio looks great. If it performed as well as it looks I'd have no > hesitancy about recommending it. > > Best, > > dp --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave FYI: Refer to the Ubuntu Studio list commencing from April to current date. ubuntu-studio-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx There has been a lot team trouble and restructuring of goals. Hope this is of use. Tom _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
