[LAU] Audio distros

[Folderol]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:02:53 -0800
"M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb at znmeb.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Ralf Mardorf
> <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:14:12 +0100, david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> No clue how they'll do. I prefer Debian Sid
> >
> >
> > I don't know the current state of KDE4, but some time ago I used an older
> > KDE4, not for audio and it was ok. I don't like the design, but the workflow
> > is ok and it had no performance issues.
> >
> > I want some clear words about break outs in new directions from the distros.
> >
> > E.g. on Arch it makes me wonder that people using X, need to pull in
> > Wayland. This is like installing init and getting systemd as a dependency. I
> > can live with systemd and perhaps I can live with Wayland, but I won't
> > unclear transitions, that cause issues.
> >
> > For Ubuntu I guess the direction is clear, they will build a distro with
> > shops, unusable DEs, similar to tablet PC stuff. The users are free to
> > remove Unity and to install another DE, but the DE then will be buggy. My
> > MUA for Quantal already doesn't work anymore.
> >
> > Debian Sid might be ok, I just have no good feelings regarding to the state
> > "unstable".
> 
> I've had pretty good luck with Fedora 18. I've tried all the desktops
> and the lightest thing I've found that actually has most of the
> comforts of home is OpenBox with the fbpanel Menu/Panel/Taskbar/Clock
> add-on.

For some time now, and for work as well as home office & DAW, I install the
absolutely  minimum debian (not even the desktop initially), install mingetty
and set it up for auto login and single user - there is no one else going to
use my machines!

I then use apt-get to install synaptic, openbox and rox-filer. This
automagically installs all the desktop stuff I *actually* need and none of the
cruft.

I set up sudo for synaptic, halt and reboot (and other specialised stuff
depending on the intended environment).

For the basic desktop I finally create a .profile containing just startx, and
a .config/openbox/autostart containing rox -S &

One reboot and I'm into a fully functional minimum desktop, after which I use
synaptic to pull in whatever else I need, depending on what the machine is
going to be used for - I compile specialist stuff of course.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.