[linux-audio-dev] Hello - FYI - intro

[Robert Jonsson]

On Tuesday 24 August 2004 13.50, mark at kfm.co.za wrote:
> Thanks for your support and I will give Gentoo a shot..
>

Hi Mark,

I have to disagree with this advice. Though gentoo will give you immense 
insight into how things work and it's probably unparallelled performance I 
would not consider it an operating system for a beginners.
I would, on similar grounds, also not recommend slackware...

They are both very competitive on their own merits but this does not include 
ease of use/setup etc...

I defintely think you should try a binary-only distibution. 
Fedora/Mandrake/Suse/Debian 

---
Some concluding remarks. 
This community, which I think works very well, is very much centered around 
these mailinglists, to get things working you are much more likely to succeed 
by asking here (though linux-audio-user would be more appropriate in this 
case) than to bang your head against the wall on your own. 

So... basically you are on the right track ;-).

/Robert

> If I have learnt anything by re-installing it is that the second+ time
> around one starts getting selective and soon a lot of things don't
> seem as important by the third time around.
>
> On 24 Aug 2004 at 12:17, james at dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
> > Don't give up just yet!
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Aug, 2004 at 12:38PM +0200, mark at kfm.co.za spake thus:
> > <snip> > energy - to drown people - to open portals of thought and
> >
> > Drown people?  That's a Freedom that linux doesn't really give you.
>
>  I mean in terms of surround sound with flavour and depth ?>
>
> > <snip>
> >
> > > My linux thought is that the main difference between linux and
> > > windows is that under windows everything is packaged i.e. that one
> > > installation will actually get that desired product to work - while
> > > under linux a lot more time is spent on finding the correct patches
> > > mixes matches reading than end time using/producing. Obviously linux
> > > has flexibility power stability way beyond the confines of windows
> > > or mac but it is the tieing up of those 'loose ends'  which make it
> > > easier for a new user to get going that make the ultimate
> > > difference. While windows users have licence issues some linux users
> > > have other.
> >
> > I know where you're coming from.  As an experienced user, I have no
> > problem with manually keeping a system udpated, patched ans running
> > smoothly.  Generally, I know where problems that occurr are likely to
> > come from.  The thing is, I don't want all that hassle.  If I did, I'd
> > use LFS.  Instead, I use Gentoo.
> >
> > Gentoo isn't just for ricers.  Personally, I find it has the nicest
> > package management (although that's probably not the best way to
> > describe it).  I've also used Debian, but I still prefer Gentoo -
> > mainly because it's a little more configurable (like USE flags and
> > such) and it's a lot more up to date - Debian is safe, stable and
> > tested to death, Gentoo has regular updates to all components, and
> > still seems more stable than Debian Sid.
> >
> > Now, I recommend you give Gentoo a try.  Sure, there'll be some pain -
> > the install process consists of some instructions and a command prompt
> > - but it's worth it.  For a start, you know how your system is
> > constructed to some degree.  Secondly, installing stuff and keeping
> > stuff updated is a doddle.  To install Jack, I type "emerge
> > jack-audio-connection-kit".  When Jack gets updated, my system updates
> > next time I do an "emerge world".  Thirdly, the documentation is
> > really nice and #gentoo on irc.freenode.net is a very helpful channel.
> >
> > Now, I know that other people will favour other distros.  I know that
> > Gentoo isn't for everybody.  But I like gentoo, and I think you might,
> > too.
> >
> > Give it a whirl.  If you're reinstalling all the time anyway, why not
> > try it out.
> >
> > Have fun.
> >
> > James
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > --
> > "I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development
> > That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb.  Thank you." (By Vance Petree,
> > Virginia Power)
>
> Be Well - Best wishes
> Mark McBride
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