[LAU] Audio Distribution Proposal...

alex stone compose59 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 17 14:19:00 EDT 2009


On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Mark Knecht<markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:01 AM, alex stone<compose59 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Mark Knecht<markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Atte Andre
>>> Jensen<atte.jensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Seems that this thread's energy got shorted out somewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>> Too bad. Fun read.
>>>>
>>>> Something good came out of it, however; I'm now running arch (instead of
>>>> ubuntu) and loving it.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Atte
>>>>
>>>> http://atte.dk   http://modlys.dk   http://virb.com/atte
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is that arch, as in Arch Linux, and not arch as in ~arch on Gentoo? I
>>> read your web page and feel disappointed that the Gentoo install still
>>> either frustrates or scares off so many people, but it sounds like you
>>> made a good decision. I hear good things about Arch.
>>>
>>> WRT to the original audio distribution proposal I want to throw out an
>>> idea that Linus and some of the other high-end kernel developers have
>>> been discussing on the LKML, and it rings true as possibly important
>>> for folks like us doing audio work. The comment was that distribution
>>> packagers haven't accepted the idea of providing a 64-bit kernel with
>>> a 32-bit tool set. The idea, as I understand it, is that with a 64-bit
>>> kernel you get the potential advantages of using all the features of
>>> your newer 64-bit processor - newer hardware flags, more memory. On
>>> the other hand 32-bit apps might work better in virtualized
>>> environments and, in my experience, would provide more backward
>>> compatibility with older audio and Windows stuff. Linus and others
>>> seem to think it's a a good thing to do, but no one is doing it yet.
>>> I'm not qualified to say what's good or bad about it.
>>>
>>> Just an idea about how this could lead somewhere different, if enough
>>> people thought it important enough to actually undertake.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mark
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>>>
>>
>> Mark, even better would be native 64bit across the board.
>>
>> Alex.
>>
>
> What do you mean by 'native' 64-bit?
>
> I run 64-bit Gentoo with all apps built as 64-bit. Have for 4-5 years now.
>
> - Mark
>

|As do i Mark. i meant i don't understand why we should pursue 32bit
as a continued option if, where possible, apps can be written for
64bit by default.

Just my view.
Alex.

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