On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 09:39 +0200, R.Wolff wrote: > Since AV Linux is Debian Squeeze, you can of course use their repos. > Like I said, AVL comes with full build env. to build all you need on your own. > However, the packages delivered by AVL are quite up to date, stable, and all > apps I've tried (some only shortly) worked. A few days ago I tried Tango Studio > (based on Ubuntu 10.10) and almost nothing worked ootb. So I quickly skipped it. Edubuntu 10.10 32-bit + Ubuntu Studio meta packages and a lot of self build stuff + PA tweaks is my first perfectly working Linux audio/MIDI DAW. Even the very good 64 Studio releases did cause jitter for hw MIDI, because there wasn't the current JACK2 svn already available ;). The only, but serious issue is, that the mouse wheel isn't working. Ubuntu Studio 11.04 + Edubuntu meta packages is a PITA. Completely unusable, even writing emails is a PITA, I didn't set up audio, but decided to switch the distro. > NVidia & ATI drivers are installed through the means of a helper script. > Eve though it's 32-bit, there's a PAE rt-kernel available if you have 4 GB of > RAM or more. I'll build customized kernels myself. Well, my Ubuntu 10.10 is a 32-bit install, but since Ubuntu 32-bit has got no advantage, e.g. installing proprietary 32-bit apps, that run on Suse 11.2 !!!64-bit, don't run on Ubuntu, neither 32-bit or 64-bit, I prefer the advantages of 64-bit installs. I don't need VST, but lightscribe and will keep Suse 11.2 to use those apps. Debian should be 64-bit, not 32-bit on my machine. > The developer is very responsive and the forum quickly helps you out in case of > trouble. > > I see no real advantage for my machine (AMD Athlon 7750BE, ASRock AOD790GX/128M, > 4 GB RAM OCZ, Radeon HD4650, Delta 1010LT, BCR2000 etc...) in using a 64-bit > audio distro, > as long as there's a PAE kernel available. > > I don't use evolution, so can't comment. For me an audio distro doesn't need all > those office, > email or whatever stuff. Just a browser (FF for me), and pidgin. > > I've long observed your discussions about MIDI jitter on the 64-Studio list. > Still, I can't comment > because I never perceived such issues. At least not since my last PC build. > > You shouldn't need any additional repos imho, since the AVL repo is well filled > with audio software. > And then there's always Debian Multimedia. Always depending on what you plan to > do of course. AV Linux is a very good distro, but I wish to have 64-bit. I guess the only 32-bit app I really need for music will be an app to set up a KORG NANOKONTROL, but this should work with wine on a 64-bit install too, I guess ;). -- Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
