[LAU] ubuntu realtime.

Thomas Fisher thomasfisher at ak.net
Sun May 31 21:24:51 EDT 2009


On Saturday 30 May 2009 04:15:51 am Dave Phillips wrote:
> Marcel Marti wrote:
> > ... I think that a distro that misses an RT kernel twice is not a
> > serious audio oriented distro.
>
> Agree++.
>
> The exchange over this topic has been quite timely for me. I've received
> an offer to write articles for a magazine dedicated to Ubuntu, and I
> find myself in a dilemma. I've installed Intrepid, Hardy, 64 Studio 3
> beta (based on Hardy), and Jaunty w. Ubuntu Studio. I've had serious
> problems with every one of them, and not only on my laptop.
>
> Yesterday I installed 8.10 (i386) on my 2nd production box, then I
> proceeded to the online upgrade to Jaunty. Everything went well, then I
> installed the Ubuntu Studio meta packages. At first I thought everything
> was okay, then I ran into an old problem. At some point it became
> impossible to close anything, e.g. terminal window, running programs,
> even the session. I ran into exactly the same problem on my laptop when
> I originally installed 8.10 there. I reported it, as did many other
> users, yet here it is still, annoying as ever. In fact, almost every
> problem I encountered in 8.10 is still present. Frustration leads me to
> wonder whether the devs ever even read the forums. (I'm sure they do,
> but why this persistence of well-known issues ?)
>
> Is Ubuntu development really this bad ? I find it hard to believe that
> such great efforts towards desktop improvements have overshadowed sheer
> workability. At this point I'm looking for a replacement for the UStudio
> default rt kernel, perhaps that will alleviate the problem, but one
> thing is certain: As it exists now, I can't recommend Ubuntu Studio in
> good faith. Too much extra work is required to make it work, and the
> remaining performance problems simply obviate its utility.
>
> Btw, the partitioner worked fine, but it reduced the disk space for my
> previous JAD installation by so much that I was unable to log in until I
> made more space in /home.
>
> UStudio looks great. If it performed as well as it looks I'd have no
> hesitancy about recommending it.
>
> Best,
>
> dp
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  Dave FYI:
  Refer to the Ubuntu Studio list commencing from April to current date.
ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com
  There has been a lot team trouble and restructuring of goals. 

Hope this is of use.
Tom







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