On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 04:58 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 12:00 +0000, > linux-audio-user-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:34:45 +0100 > > From: Robin Gareus <robin@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: New computer planned > > To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: linux-audio-user <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > > debian-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Message-ID: <4F4A34F5.1080407@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > On 02/26/2012 09:52 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > [..] > > > What Debian should we install, to get a working system? > > > > > > Go with stable if you use NVIDIA, you are an idiot if you use > > NVIDIA, > > > use Intel and install Debian, but not stable :D??? > > > > http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html > > Hi Robin :) > > users still need to venture a guess what to take from what repo to get > their hardware working with Debian. Debian didn't like my PS/2 mouse. I > bought a USB mouse and everything was ok. Some upgrades later Debian > didn't like my PS/2 keyboard and my USB mouse anymore. I only had X from > stable installed, to keep the nv driver and everything else was from > testing. > Now there's the suggestion to compile the nv driver from git, anyway, > there's no Debian that is really stable. If you get some Intel graphics > you need testing, if you get some NVIDIA graphics, you need stable. > Btw. it's vague that the mouse and keyboard issues were related to my X > settings, since they already started with a vanilla install of Debian > stable. > > For me it was easier to switch the distro, other users millage may vary. > > I don't like this policy of Debian and Debian derivatives. For current > Ubuntu Oneiric, I don't have audio output for my RME card. It's not > "just" that pulseaudio issue. > > I don't experience such issues for basic hardware using current Arch > Linux or older Debian and Debian derivatives. Of cause, today, right > now, I try to get USB WiFi ad-hoc working for the sextillionth time, > since their seems a drivers available, to get the iPads MIDI by WiFi > working with Linux. Here Debian "knows" the USB adapter by default, Arch ^^^^^^ Debian derivative Ubuntu, at the moment there's no Debian on my machine > Linux doesn't, still not working even for Debian, but this isn't > something "basic" such as the graphics, keyboard and mouse are. > > Regards, > Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
