[LAU] Jack, lowlatency, generic, update

[Alf Haakon Lund]

On 02. juni 2013 17:06, Len Ovens wrote:
>
> On Sun, June 2, 2013 2:40 am, david wrote:
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>> I've tried upgrading Ubuntu from one version to the next, and pretty
>> much had no success. So with Ubuntu, I prefer a fresh install.
>>
>> Debian's been no problem at all with upgrades. Even successfully changed
>> from stable to sid once simply by changing my repositories.
>>
>> Upgraded Sid on my desktop machine today, 440+ upgraded packages, and it
>> works flawlessly.
>
> Good to know. I am not sure what debian's release schedule is, but the
> freeze seems to be a lot longer than Ubuntu does. That would give more
> time for testing. Also UbuntuStudio is a) a very small team. b) a very
> different install. That is, the mix of applications and their attached
> libs is greater than any other ubuntu.
>
> I have found it very frustrating that something simple like a video player
> needs to be switched almost every release to find one that works. I would
> like to concentrate the creative SW, but find that the basic desktop needs
> fixing more often.
>
> I am quite excited though, about the idea of dropping Studio on top of any
> Ubuntu flavour. A small installer would allow the user to choose just the
> workflow they want and install that and the lowlatency kernel. It would
> also install a more organized menu for the creative workflows (I used to
> have a "multimedia" menu that I had to scroll all over to find anything)
> For those DEs that still think in those terms (and are XDG compliant).
>
> For those interested, the menu package should work well on any distro,
> ubuntu or not, so long as it uses the XDG style of doing menus. Unity and
> Gnome Shell are the noted ones that don't really think in terms of menus
> any more. I think Gnome Shell does have a menu option though. Unity does
> not and besides it seems Unity has proven not to amiable to audio use for
> many people anyway. When I have it finished and tested, I will post the
> download site.
>

That sounds like a terrific idea! Meanwhile, anybody here who can give 
some short starting hints on how to configure debian for audio? Decided 
I want to give it a go as I'm anyway set to repartition and test Ubuntu 
Studio 13.04.