On 05/31/2011 06:26 AM, Simon Wise wrote: > [..] > So - if you want to use the current DAW packages that are part of > debian, especially if you want to run jack2, you need to be using sid > and not using stable. Where did you get this idea? Ardour2.8.11 w/jack2 works OOTB on debian/squeeze. > Definitely DO NOT use http://www.debian-multimedia.org, the changes it > makes to the various libraries and mplayer etc will give you mp3 > encoding and a bunch of codecs that are not in debian, but the cost is > it will often break the DAW packages that are not maintained in this > repository debian-multimedia.org works just fine as additional repo. for squeeze, wheezy and sid. Could you please provide an example where it /breaks/ things or produces conflicts? > See above, to use jack2, and the huge amount of work done in the last 9 > months by debian multimedia maintainers There's some truth to that. but Ralf mentioned earlier that he want to use jack2 from SVN anyway. > you can't be using stable, and a > mixed system will get you into trouble sooner rather than later. I beg to disagree: I'm running a mixed system (stable/testing/experimental) without re-installing (just copy it over to new hardware - i386 architecture) since debian/woody. Apt-pinning helps a lot and `aptitude` does a great job at resolving dependencies. I've posted some /etc/apt/ files earlier in this thread. > This > work is continuing very quickly, but will not be in stable until wheezy > becomes the new stable in 2013. In debian terms "stable" means > unchanging, frozen, fully predictable, security related fixes only ... perfect. >2 years of making music without worrying about the system :) Well, one can pull in selected "unstable/testing" packages or backports; usually without updating the bulk of packages. > for a three year lifespan while "unstable" means changing, volatile, > updated with new work, versions and such like and "testing" means the > candidate for the next stable. Now that's concise description. > I can't help with evolution. > >> >> For Debian I still need to set up a xorg.conf, hopefully it will keep in >> good shape ;). I suspect many issues regarding to the way X is handled >> today. http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg > This is where I find aptosid is useful to install my minimal debian. Not > quite minimal, but there isn't much extra if you use the 1 cd xfce > version, then add gnome or KDE if you prefer them. It is almost entirely > pure debian except their kernel (you can use the debian one if you > prefer), a few bugfixes and a few scripts to hold back broken versions > of updates so a dist upgrade brings you fully up to date > > Simon. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user Cheers! robin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
