[LAU] instructional videos ?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Phillips" <dlphillips at woh.rr.com>
To: "LAU" <linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 5:07 AM
Subject: [LAU] instructional videos ?


> Greetings,
>
> As many of you know, the Linux Journal has been running video
> presentations in lieu of some written articles. They've asked me to make
> a few, so I thought I'd ask on this list to find out what topics LAU
> folk might want to see illuminated via video. Feel free to suggest any
> relevant topic, whether in the production realm or desktop entertainment.
>
> FYI: Current systems running here include JAD 1.0, 64 Studio 2.1 and
> 3.0b, and Ubuntu Jaunty. I finally got a copy of a recent Fedora and
> will install Planet C on one of these machines too.
>
> So, what would you like to see from Studio Dave ?
>
> Best,
>
> dp
>
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Hi Dave,

I am running an AMD64 machine and having difficulty with Ubuntu 9.10, so 
soon I could be
shopping for another distribution.

Knowing that you run multiple distributions, could you compare the 
advantages of each ?

* Is there one with a RT kernel ?
* Which ones will Rosegarden NOT complain that timing is not fast enough ?
* Which is easiest to configure ?
* Is Pulseaudio a good addition...or is it a problem ?
* Which ones are reasonably up to date ?
* Which ones require, or would be best with,  a kernel recompile ?
* Which have the best support (paid or otherwise) ?
* Which is best for 64 bit machines ? Which applications need to be upgraded 
for 64 bit architecture ?

These are but a few of the questions that come to mind.

Your thoughts ?

Bob