Am Samstag, den 06.08.2011, 10:51 +0800 schrieb Simon Wise: > On 06/08/11 02:18, hermann wrote: > > Am Freitag, den 05.08.2011, 06:51 -1000 schrieb david: > >> Aptosid has all of that, too, including the 3.0 RT kernel. > > > > Again, that is not true, you can install a rt-kernel to aptosid simply > > with apt-get, but AFAIK it isn't a aptosid kernel (a big diff in the > > applied patchs). It is a debian kernel with the debian patch set > > applied. > > But that IS aptosid ... it is not a distribution in the sense that AVLinux is, > it is a way to install debian sid. There is a big diff between a debian kernel and a aptosid kernel, it is wide more then the rt-patch, eg. supported hardware,.... When you install a debian kernel on aptosid, you didn't get any support from the aptosid supporter team. So again, it isn't aptosid. > > They do three very useful things for someone who wants to use debian sid on > their system .. > It's all up to you, I'm switch from aptosid to plain debian/sid and can tell you, there is a big part witch is simply a myth. > 1/ They package a live install disk with, in my experience at least, an install > system that seems to deal with a wide range of new hardware very well. > > 2/ They build a custom kernel and maintain a set of bugfixes and an update > warning system to achieve 1/ and try to ensure that apt-get dist-upgrade can be > done safely to keep the installation up-to-date, using either their kernel or a > current or fairly recent debian one. Wrong, see above > > 3/ They maintain a good manual and website so that 1/ and 2/ are useful to the user. > > > How you configure sid after that is up to you. > Again, your post suggest there is a interest by the aptosid dev's for Pro Audio user, that isn't the case. It is a plain debian/sid desctop based distro and they wouldn't do anything, if a Pro Audio app in debian sid will broken. As long all in debian sid work, it work also in aptosid. But it is also the case in the other direction. > > > AVlinux does something else entirely, they configure and maintain a debian based > system geared towards multimedia, staying quite close to a standard debian > system (so it remains very flexible). > > That is another big job done for the audio user, and by most reports they do it > well. > It's not a other big job done for pro audio user, it is done for audio user. That isn't the case with aptosid, and you will get that when the time comes and a du bite you. I have run sidux/aptosid over 6 years and use now plain debian sid. You will never get more support for Pro Audio in aptosid then in plain debia sid. If you like to use a rolling release with a wider range of support for pro audio, then ARCH comes in mind. They do indeed greet work for pro audio user. > > > Simon > _______________________________________________ hermann _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
