On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Atte <atte@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > -- > Atte That's exactly what my mileage does. If you're working with hardware that's 2+ years old, you can install a fine, lean system with debian stable and build the bleeding edge stuff you need. I've not tried arch--at the moment, I installed ubuntu on a new laptop, since the new-ness of the hardware called for newer OS software than I could get from debian stable. After a while, I'll discontinue my ubuntu installation, inventory the important updates and proprietary software I need and rebuild the system with debian. If you're building a DAW and running, say openbox/xfce... there's about 99% of system updates you don't care about. Just get a good set of consistent packages installed and wait until you reach some specific bug or limitation that you need to fix. Of course, I don't speak for everyone--depending on what kind of development work you do, bleeding edge OS updates may be necessary. Chuck _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
