On 05/29/2011 12:55 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi all :) > > any recommendations for a distro? > > It shouldn't ignore settings in xorg.conf. > > It shouldn't use PulseAudio, or if it does use PulseAudio, then at least > it should be enough, if the user set up /usr/share/alsa/cards to be able > to use his audio card(s). > > Not that important, but an advantage if this should work too, at least > the 32-bit version should be able to work with common proprietary 32-bit > apps such as lightscribe apps. > > Less important are audio and MIDI repositories and kernel-rt, I will > build several apps and the kernel myself, but the environment to do this > should cause less or no issues. > > For Suse I experienced that 32-bit apps as lightscribe are ok on a > 64-bit install, but Suse has several disadvantages for my palate. > > For Ubuntu I experienced that it has less to do with Linux anymore, the > reason why I'll switch to another distro. Don't get me wrong, I still > make only good experiences when using the Ubuntu Studio repositories, > but this isn't a help when the Ubuntu desktop is slow, the mouse doesn't > work properly, etc.. > > I've got a absolutely stable and MIDI jitter free Ubuntu MIDI and audio > worksattion, regarding to audio apps, but it was very time consuming to > set it up Do make a backup of the current setup!! That may come in handy. > and until now even the mouse wheel isn't working. The same > mouse does work with Suse OOTB. > > At the moment I still try to fix an Ubuntu Studio Natty install, but I > won't waste my time any longer. > > Anyway, I prefer a .deb distro to a .rpm distro, but this isn't that > important. A distro where it's easy to get rid of PA without cheap > tricks would be cool. > > Important is that I prefer PCI, PCIe, parallel port PS/2 to USB gear. > > My favorite distro was 64 Studio. > I'll try to keep Ubuntu, as my distro, just for emergency cases I'm > looking for another distro. At the moment there are Suse 11.2 64-bit, > Edubuntu + Ubuntu Studio packages Maverick 32-bit and Ubuntu Studio + > Edubuntu packages Natty 64-bit on my machine installed. I prefer using > GNOME2. > > My machine: > > ASUS M2A-VM HDMI > NVIDIA 7200 GS (I could switch to an on-board ATI Radeon X1250-based > graphics, if this would be better when using a new distro) > 4 GB RAM > SATA drives only > 2 TerraTec EWX 24/96 (UPS didn't deliver a RME HDSPe AIO + ADAT device > last week, I should get it on Monday, but I'll keep the TerraTec cards > for MIDI) > A CTR-monitor, hence xorg.conf by default would be nice, not only > regarding to mouse issues. > > Cheers! > > Ralf All of your preferences will be met by debian. Pulseaudio is optional and the debian-multimedia team are on the forefront when it comes to pro-audio packages. Also note that OpenDAW (64studio's successor in the making) is based on debian/squeeze. Other alternatives matching [most of] your criteria would be Arch and maybe gentoo. BTW vanilla 2.6.39 includes the relevant RT patches for pro-audio, although there is no official package, yet. Meanwhile the OpenDAW kernel does work on 64bit debian systems: http://apt.64studio.com/backports/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/ Anyway, choosing a distro for *Desktop use* is quite a personal thingy and a matter of taste. Give it at least a week after install, else you can't tell if it sucks or if it is just different from what you are used to (and that includes Ubunutu). ciao, robin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
