[linux-audio-user] CCRMA switching to FC2?

[Russell Hanaghan]

When you all read this in SEPTEMBER, you'll really enjoy it!! :)

R~


On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 20:24 -0700, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 15:43 -0700, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 17:58 -0700, Malcolm Baldridge wrote:
> > > > Checked this out real qwik...
> > > > 
> > > > That's not a bad looking setup. Are you using it at present? What are
> > > > it's advantages? Does it have a repository of it's own rpm's or can you
> > > > install rpm's from other distro's?  What about kernel packages, etc? Is
> > > > the installer in need of a Masters in Comp science?
> > > 
> > > I've only just discovered it a few days ago, burned a copy, and installed it
> > > onto a Compaq Presario 2103US of all things.
> > > 
> > > It went smoothly, and came up into an attractive GNOME-ish GUI which ran
> > > *VERY* well despite the machine only having 256MB of RAM.  Historically,
> > > KDE/DeadRat feels more like M$ Windows XP in terms of bringing powerful
> > > machines to their knees unless very amply configured.  But I will concede
> > > that my sensitivities to performance issues are probably more than most. 
> > > GUI/OS responsiveness rates extremely highly for me.  The odd "lags" and
> > > choppy scrolling and window-tearing during dragging of Mac OSX for example
> > > disqualify it completely, though clearly lots of people don't mind it.
> > > 
> > > I have no horror stories yet.
> > > 
> > > If you can, give it a try.
> > 
> > Finally got this downloaded, burnt and installed on a Dell CPxj 650 P3
> > with 256 mb ram.
> > 
> > They sure did a neat job of this...Had a bit of delay with the HD
> > formatting but this was no fault of the installer...or should I say the
> > Yopers installer! :) Easy install!
> > 
> > So packaging>>>   I'm sadly a victim of Father time. One of the good
> > things about Mandrake is the fact that I can install packages built by
> > others. Yes, I have to live with their configuration options but that's
> > been a price I've been willing to pay. Thac's is usually right on the
> > money. I was looking through the Kpackage and SYnaptic interfaces. Is it
> > possible we would be able to use Suse packages? Some stuff i will build
> > but wonder if other rpm packages might work here too. Of course I'm
> > assuming there is no one building DAW apps for Yopers. And what of the
> > kernel? I see they are running 2.6.8...but will I have to build my own
> > kernels to get RT capabilities?
> > 
> > So far though, this is a neat distro...A single CD install, snappy
> > response...lots of Eye candy and light weight!  And many useful apps
> > that I see.
> > 
> > R~
> 
> Ok...I'm seriously having a torrid fling with this OS!! I think I'm in
> lust! :)
> 
> After some messing about with packages from Suse, MDK, etc, and with the
> use of Kpackage, I have been able to get Jack and Ardour up!  THe crappy
> Maestro3 chip in this laptop would, at best, run @ 1024 x 2 on the
> 2.4.22 kernel...running as root _without_ a patched 2.6.8 kernel in KDE
> no less, jack is running @ 512 x 2 with next to no Xruns! I have not
> tried recording or playback in Ardour yet but that's.
> 
> I'm going to try some more stuff but there are some VERY cool things
> about this distro out of the box. Early days but I'm excited!!  :)
> 
> R~
> > > 
> > > =MB=
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Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan at starband.net>