On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Mark Knecht<markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Atte Andre > Jensen<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? I > read your web page and feel disappointed that the Gentoo install still > either frustrates or scares off so many people, but it sounds like you > made a good decision. I hear good things about Arch. > > WRT to the original audio distribution proposal I want to throw out an > idea that Linus and some of the other high-end kernel developers have > been discussing on the LKML, and it rings true as possibly important > for folks like us doing audio work. The comment was that distribution > packagers haven't accepted the idea of providing a 64-bit kernel with > a 32-bit tool set. The idea, as I understand it, is that with a 64-bit > kernel you get the potential advantages of using all the features of > your newer 64-bit processor - newer hardware flags, more memory. On > the other hand 32-bit apps might work better in virtualized > environments and, in my experience, would provide more backward > compatibility with older audio and Windows stuff. Linus and others > seem 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 enough > people thought it important enough to actually undertake. > > Cheers, > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > Mark, even better would be native 64bit across the board. Alex. www.openoctave.org midi-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx development-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
