[LAU] How to keep an updated "standard" linux audio system?

[Fede]

Thanks for all the answers.

As some of you pointed out, of course one needs to split data and
system partitions and I've been doing that since I can remember.
I used to be a rolling release guy, but I've been using debian on my
main workstation and ubuntu on my netbook for quite a few years
already (in computer relative terms, of course).

Currently I run ubuntu 14.04 on my netbook and debian 8 on my workstation.

I keep it debian based because of the kxstudio repos, and also because
when people design software they target the more mainstream systems,
and keeping it as standard as possible makes you compatible with
interesting bits and pieces of software around the web.

The problem is, as anders stated, that once your distro release turns
around two years of age, developers start targeting newer libraries'
versions and you slowly become incompatible.

But when you upgrade a fixed release distro, you are bound to break
something. Specially if you compiled your own software. And by the
time you need to upgrade, your system is already so custom tailored to
your likings that it is a pain to start over.

Hence the topic of this thread.

I guess there is always a tradeoff. I'll probably dist-upgrade
sometime during summer break (hey, southern hemisphere).

Thanks to all for your assistance!

On 12/11/17, Anders Hellquist <lau at hellquist.net> wrote:
> This is indeed a question one have to ask from time to time.
>
> I have been running kxstudio for a very long time and are in the process of
> changing some of my music related machines from 14.04 which is the latest
> official falktx distro
> Since I depend on kxstudio repos my options are limited to Debian or Ubuntu
> and right now I am more inclined to go the Debian route.
>
> The main reason for me to switch is U-he plugins that seems to require
> newer gcc API/ABI to work. Also Mixbus is freezing on the same machine so I
> suspect newer libs and kernel drivers might get me a more stable
> environment.
>
> Any valid reasons to go the Ubuntu route, ya think ?
>
> /Anders
>
>
> 2017-12-10 19:36 GMT+01:00 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>:
>
>> On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:08:54 -0500, jonetsu wrote:
>> >I do not know how Linux Mint depends on Debian.
>>
>> My apologies for confusing you by mentioning Debian sid. IIRC nowadays
>> Mint is based upon Ubuntu. The policies I mentioned are Ubuntu
>> policies, let alone that the links are Ubuntu related links ;).
>> However, take a look at the Debian tracker, for example
>> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/jackd2 . At the right side you could see
>> that Debian at least is partial the upstream for Ubuntu and Ubuntu
>> derivatives.
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