[LAU] which ubuntu-studio for intel i7?

Scott lau at troutpocket.org
Tue Dec 8 20:40:12 EST 2009


Andras Simon wrote:
> On 12/8/09, Scott <lau at troutpocket.org> wrote:
>> Andras Simon wrote:
>>> On 12/7/09, Scott Ecker <lau at troutpocket.org> wrote:
>>>> Iain Duncan wrote:
>>>>> Stupid question, but I don't know whether I should install the i386 or
>>>>> amd64 version of ubuntu studio on my shiny new intel i7 860 system.??
>>>> I'm not using Ubuntu Studio, but Fedora 12 x64 is amazingly stable.  It
>>>> should be using a similar RT kernel, if not the same.  Unless you have
>>>> some app that's only compiled in 32bit and you're not able to make a
>>>> 64bit version, go x64.
>>> Not to hijack this thread, but where do you get your RT kernel for
>>> Fedora? CCRMA? Or do you roll your own?
>> CCRMA.  See this link:
>>
>> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetcore/12/x86_64/repoview/
> 
> There are a few important applications (ardour, for example) that I
> don't see there
> or here:
> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/12/x86_64/repoview/Applications.Multimedia.group.html
> 
> This may be a problem, because ordinary Fedora musical applications
> can't be used with CCRMA's core (kernel, jackd, etc.), I think.

The ones I use (Ardour, Hydrogen, Jack, JackRack, and Audacity) are all available from
the regular RedHat/Fedora repos.

-Scott



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