On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Aurelien <tyranorl@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 01:55:19PM +0530, Rustom Mody wrote : >> Hi folks >> >> Ive finally managed to migrate lenny to squeeze. >> I started the migration because (among other things) ardour seemed to >> be available only for squeeze and not lenny but got stuck for many >> reasons >> >> In the process I gathered that debian-multimedia is not necessary for >> squeeze -- so currently its removed from my sources.list >> >> So my questions >> >> 1. Is this (no debian-multimedia) a right choice? > > I would install it for codecs, and some other packages (LiVes, and so > on). > >> 2. Is there some (small set of) umbrella packages like ubuntu-studio? > > Didn't find any (didn't look so much). > By the way, I can send you the out of dpkg --get-slections on my > machine. I've two machines using Debian Squeeze with an RT kernel, one > with RME (alsa driver) and the other with a Focusrite (FFADO 2.1). Well thanks but when I run dpkg --get-selections I get around 1600 lines If yours is similar (or larger) sized I dont know what I'd do with it :-) Better to give me your sources.list along with the 5-10 top level things you use Then apt should handle the rest (I guess?) > >> 3. Any docs recommended for the noob? I want to study jack and ardour. > > Nope. But if you want to ask me, don't hesitate. Thanks -- just a couple of links on the jack/ardour + whatever else debian setup for a home machine would be very helpful About me: I am kind of two people: 1. I taught programming in the university for many years (and Im sure you know the utility of academic computer science :-) 2. I grew up playing a real piano (a Steinway!!) and had nothing to do with technology (apart from my lp turntable) Getting these two worlds together is proving more intricate than I imagined eg Since I dont really know whats a synth I am not getting whats a soft synth I guess I need some bare hardware other than my computer but not sure what. For a few days I used my friend's borrowed Tascam US122 which I could use in windows but not linux. I must say that Cubase was educational... Maybe I need that or something like it... What? > >> >> Thanks >> >> Rustom >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > -- > Aurélien > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
