On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:02:53 -0800 "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Ralf Mardorf > <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:14:12 +0100, david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> No clue how they'll do. I prefer Debian Sid > > > > > > I don't know the current state of KDE4, but some time ago I used an older > > KDE4, not for audio and it was ok. I don't like the design, but the workflow > > is ok and it had no performance issues. > > > > I want some clear words about break outs in new directions from the distros. > > > > E.g. on Arch it makes me wonder that people using X, need to pull in > > Wayland. This is like installing init and getting systemd as a dependency. I > > can live with systemd and perhaps I can live with Wayland, but I won't > > unclear transitions, that cause issues. > > > > For Ubuntu I guess the direction is clear, they will build a distro with > > shops, unusable DEs, similar to tablet PC stuff. The users are free to > > remove Unity and to install another DE, but the DE then will be buggy. My > > MUA for Quantal already doesn't work anymore. > > > > Debian Sid might be ok, I just have no good feelings regarding to the state > > "unstable". > > I've had pretty good luck with Fedora 18. I've tried all the desktops > and the lightest thing I've found that actually has most of the > comforts of home is OpenBox with the fbpanel Menu/Panel/Taskbar/Clock > add-on. For some time now, and for work as well as home office & DAW, I install the absolutely minimum debian (not even the desktop initially), install mingetty and set it up for auto login and single user - there is no one else going to use my machines! I then use apt-get to install synaptic, openbox and rox-filer. This automagically installs all the desktop stuff I *actually* need and none of the cruft. I set up sudo for synaptic, halt and reboot (and other specialised stuff depending on the intended environment). For the basic desktop I finally create a .profile containing just startx, and a .config/openbox/autostart containing rox -S & One reboot and I'm into a fully functional minimum desktop, after which I use synaptic to pull in whatever else I need, depending on what the machine is going to be used for - I compile specialist stuff of course. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
