[linux-audio-user] Yoper Linux Distro & audio

[Russell Hanaghan]

I have been messing around with this distro since Malcolm brought it up on the 
list.  It's pretty neat IMO. 1 CD install, fairly easy installer...not quite 
as intuitive as Mandrake but by no means difficult. Why>..Because I got it 
installed!!:)  Uses APT with RPM's. KDE is it's prioritized desktop but FVWM 
and others are available too. Currently running 2.6.8-1 kernel comiled 
speciffically for this distro. And it's QUITE fast. Snappy desktop, quick 
boot, etc.

So I got on the forum @ www.yoper.com and started asking if anyone had built 
rpm's for Qjackctl, jack, Ardour, JAMin, etc.  No one had but some other 
users were aware of the notoriety of these audio apps and were interested 
too. I got to swapping e-mails with one of the developers and WALAH! We have 
rpms built for Qjackctl, Jack, and ardour.  I have tested them somewhat but 
not under all of their respective paces. But running as a user in "soft mode" 
I was able to import some old wave mixes and run them with some LADSAP plugs, 
etc with good stability. The kernel has some of Con Kolivas' patches but 
nothing specific to audio work. I'm going to try working with the same guy 
and maybe try incorporating the Ingo Molnar patches that keep sounding 
promising for the 2.6 kernel.

They have a contrib repository. I have asked that the rpms be placed there but 
I'm not sure what the policies / procedures are with these guys yet. 

R~