On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Atte AndreJensen<atte.jensen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> Mark Knecht wrote:>>>> Seems that this thread's energy got shorted out somewhere.>>>> Too bad. Fun read.>> Something good came out of it, however; I'm now running arch (instead of> ubuntu) and loving it.>> --> Atte>> http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk http://virb.com/atte> Is that arch, as in Arch Linux, and not arch as in ~arch on Gentoo? Iread your web page and feel disappointed that the Gentoo install stilleither frustrates or scares off so many people, but it sounds like youmade a good decision. I hear good things about Arch. WRT to the original audio distribution proposal I want to throw out anidea that Linus and some of the other high-end kernel developers havebeen discussing on the LKML, and it rings true as possibly importantfor folks like us doing audio work. The comment was that distributionpackagers haven't accepted the idea of providing a 64-bit kernel witha 32-bit tool set. The idea, as I understand it, is that with a 64-bitkernel you get the potential advantages of using all the features ofyour newer 64-bit processor - newer hardware flags, more memory. Onthe other hand 32-bit apps might work better in virtualizedenvironments and, in my experience, would provide more backwardcompatibility with older audio and Windows stuff. Linus and othersseem to think it's a a good thing to do, but no one is doing it yet.I'm not qualified to say what's good or bad about it. Just an idea about how this could lead somewhere different, if enoughpeople thought it important enough to actually undertake. Cheers,Mark_______________________________________________Linux-audio-user mailing listLinux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
