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

[Jonathan E. Brickman]

On 12/11/2017 01:19 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2017, Anders Hellquist wrote:
>
>> 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 ?
>
> The Ubuntu LTS seems a good deal, but there are not a lot of people 
> working on keeping things specific to audio in best running order. In 
> particular the version of jackd has from time to time been broken 
> (though it seems just fine these days). The focus of Ubuntu is servers 
> and desktop. Those parts will work well. 

All are why I have been sticking to Arch derivatives for quite a while 
:-)  I just converted a heavily-used Manjaro/XFCE4 desktop, two years in 
use and regularly updated, into a Linux audio testing machine, without 
glitches.  Amazing.

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