[linux-audio-user] Best distro for Audio??

[Russell Hanaghan]

On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 11:48, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 10:28, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
> > Firstly, thanks much for all the replies and ideas...
> >
> > As expected, many have dedicated and loyal opinions to their distro of
> > choice...it's one of the many attributes that makes Linux so awesome!  
> > 
> > I guess I need something that has packages to save some time and then a
> > "package" support that keeps stuff up to date as much as possible...
> > 
> > I guess that is:
> > 
> > Planet CCRMA
> > Debian
> > Suse?
> > 
> > From what I see on the CCRMA site. looks like they stay as current as
> > possible...I think apt is what they use? 
> 
> Yes, I use apt for rpm. Rpm is the basic underlying package manager. Apt
> provides a higher level layer that makes sure that dependencies are met
> when you install packages (apt was originally written for Debian and the
> .deb packages, was ported over to use rpm packages by Conectiva). 
> 
> > Is it relatively free from dependency hell with lots of server 
> > repositories? 
> 
> Yes. It should be completely free from that particular hell if you just
> use the Planet CCRMA repository :-) If you add other apt repositories
> (dag, freshrpms, atrpms come to mind) there may be conflicts, but I try
> to be as compatible as possible and resolve them when/if they arise. 
> 
> If you have the time and bandwidth you should try several distros for a
> while and stay with the one you like most. 

I do...and I will. I think I will give CCRMA a shot first....especially
as I already have 2 of the Fedora core 1 iso's downloaded...

How is CCRMA doing with the 2.6 kernel issues in general?

 Fernando
> 
> > I don't live that far from SF bay area...I could always go bug Fernando! :) 
> > {BTW Fernando...I was part of the crew that refurbished the Audio Visual 
> > dept. at Stanford about 10 years ago! }
> 
> Wow... we're now in the middle of another renovation, our main building
> is being rebuilt (was damaged in the '89 quake)...

Time flies!  I remember 2 people there that were staff...

One guy was "George" I think. He was the Maintenance engineer... Was
missing some digits on one hand...and the name of the girl who headed up
the dept eludes me. We spent a LOT of long hours there swapping out the
A/V routers, new racks, VTR's, consoles, etc. 

I was with a company called B&B Systems from LA at the time. They are
now defunct.

Cheers,

R~
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