On Thu, 2014-09-18 at 08:47 +0200, Atte wrote: > On 09/01/2014 07:42 AM, David Christensen wrote: > > linux-audio-user: > > > > I've been running a Debian Wheezy DAW (i386, Xfce, realtime kernel, > > Audacity, Rosegarden, various synthesizers, etc.) for the past week or > > two. It sort of worked. But, it's clearly not ready for taking on > > stage for a performance. > > Say what? > > I've been running debian stable for ages (brief detours to arch and > ubuntu), and I just love it for the stability. What I *don't* want is an > update to break the system a day (or even weeks) before a gig. Yes, you > might have to compile some stuff yourself, to get bleed on some > software, but in my experience that boils down to about a handful of > packages. > > YMMV I guess we all have a different kind of worldview regarding reliability. I remember that even a respected developer from this community and audio engineer once reported that he lost a few minutes of a concert. I'm aware that several people dislike me, especially if I write something like: "Linux is for hobby usage only". Privately I use Linux only for audio, for more than a decade. I never ever would use a computer (excepted of special stand alone devices) for professional work, or on stage. What ever OS you use, resp. assumed you are using Linux, what ever distro you're using, with or without updates, modern computers are not reliable and much of the Linux software is version 0.x, not version >= 1.x. JFTR Xfce is a good choice. I switched from Xfce to JWM. What I dislike with Xfce isn't audio related and Jwm is also very good. Tests with openbox I'm doing at the moment shows that openbox at least on my computer is buggy. I reported a few issues here, but in the meanwhile there were serious crashes. Xfce IMO is a very good choice. I use Qtractor instead of Rosegarden. I use rt kernels too, some versions caused issues on my machine, perhaps you should test different versions of rt kernels or test a full preempted non-rt kernel (the Ubuntu folks call it lowlatency kernel). Audacity is known to cause issues. It's important to know what you are using, when you say "etc.". Linux could be relatively good reliable, but you need to avoid usage of some software, e.g. plugins. Stay with Xfce, but test different applications. If a host (Rosegarden or Qtractor or Ardour or what ever) should run into issues, test the same host with using different plugins. By my experiences Ubuntu and Arch Linux don't cause that much issues as Debian does cause. You also should consider to multi-boot and test what distro does fit best to your needs. 2 Cents, Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
