[LAU] The perfect distro for linux audio...

[Crypto]

Hi @ll,

I thought that it might be worth mentioning sidux as a distro for linux audio.

I do not want to start up another of these "my distro simply is best" threads 
and I try to keep things outlined briefly.

I know that people at ubuntu have been doing a great job in that ubuntu is a 
nice beginner's distro but looking at recent postings about some audio 
specific problems I have to say that this might well be a ubuntu made 
problem, caused by their attempts in making things work for ubuntu (and 
ubuntu only).

It means that a genuine debian package might not have caused the problem but 
the ubuntu specific adjustments might have.

There are very good reasons to have a closer look at sidux. Amongst other 
things: there are packages for dssi-vst, RT kernel, Rosegarden etc. which can 
be installed conveniently via apt-get.

Sidux can be found here: 
http://www.sidux.com 

See what this distro is all about.

The sidux manual is covering all important aspects of an install and there is 
a lively irc-based chat for immediate and helping support as well.

You can browse the support forum for users named brummer and makke to get 
their postings about some audio packages and RT kernels.

One of the most important advantages of sidux is that it is not just another 
distro that seeks its own way of doing but instead it is 99,9% pure debian 
with all of debian's advantages, including the *.deb package system.

Unlike ubuntu there are only very few packages that are sidux-only specific 
(mostly some scripts to make life easier with the standard debian packages)  
and that is what makes it much more "debian compatible" than ubuntu.

I have never been able to compile a kernel successfully let alone optimize it 
for RT operation, so it was of great relief for me to simply install it in 
parallel to my "ordinary" kernel. Compiling audio applications myself has 
ended in great frustration to me so it was a relief to see there are the 
packages available that I need.

Regards,
Crypto.