[linux-audio-user] MDK sound-RPMs troubles / Sound in Slackware?

[rob fell]

I'd have to agree.

I spent some weeks getting a fresh gentoo partition running, getting ardour 
working, only to get stopped dead in my tracks with a (not yet proven) kernel 
bug in ext3 code.

I threw my hands in the air with disgust and had RH8 + planet going in 8 hours 
(incl burning/verifying the ISOs) having never tried that route before 
(thanks Fernando). I'm not a dummy, but I can read the instructions (Fernando 
- may I suggest a link to an rpm repair page: I remember why I ditched 
MDK/RH).

Tonight I captured 3 hours of rehearsal direct to disk. No glitches. Zero to 
un-coordinated hero in a day....

R

> [a little bit late on this thread...]
>
> > Red Hat is okay as a server distro but they just don't seem to understand
> > the desktop and unless you're a power user who knows enough to install
> > apt-rpm, you're stuck in dependency hell.
>
> Hmmm, maybe not yet for "absolute beginners" but you don't need to be a
> "power user" either. Surf to:
>   http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
> Follow the directions and get apt installed (no dependency hell), a
> lowlat kernel, alsa and a bunch of audio/video apps.
>
> -- Fernando