[linux-audio-user] Mandrake Audio Update

[juto aviten]

Austin Acton wrote:

>Hey,
>I just wanted to thank you all again for the great response I got to my
>totally uncalled-for survey.  The volunteers and the staff at Mandrake
>have taken your requests to heart!
>
>We have a small task force packaging all the rpms you've requested. 
>Most are done, and hopefully the rest will be finished by 9.1 release
>time (two months away).  I gotta say, ardour took me two DAYS to package
>in an easy-to-use form, but I think it's pretty good.  We've added a lot
>of alsa and jack utils that weren't there before, some you hadn't even
>asked for.
>
>Also, we've prepared a multimedia kernel with pre-emptable, low-latency,
>capabilities, and o_stream patches.  It may be hard to get the company
>to include this in the 'main' distro, but it will definitely be in the
>contributor's section (that's where most of the audio software is
>anyway).
>
>As well, the installer team (Pixel) has added full USB audio detection,
>and a graphical setup tool for soundcards and sound system (OSS/alsa) to
>the installer.  It's a bit unpolished as of today, but we've got two
>months to perfect it.
>
>Beta 3 was a bit rocky, but if any of you have a spare machine or a
>spare partition, I'd invite you to try beta 4 when it's released (two
>weeks maybe?).  Should be a multimedia masterpiece.  :-)
>
>Again, thanks for your help.  It really counts.
>Let me know if you have any more questions or requests.
>
>Austin
>
>  
>
Hi Austin,
do you the url for the beta version?

thanks

juto aviten