[LAU] Linux mint for audio?

david gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Mon Feb 18 10:16:10 CET 2019


Xubuntu 18.04 + RT kernel + KXStudio repositories. Or Debian Testing + 
RT kernal + KXStudio. Debian Testing's a bit more tricky sometimes, so 
Xubuntu is probably better shoice.

My laptop does audio, graphics, writing stories and poetry, general 
stuff like that.

On 2/17/19 12:42 PM, djdualcore at protonmail.com wrote:

> So, what is the general recommendation for people who want to work with 
> audio on a laptop that isn't necessarily dedicated to audio?
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Feb 17, 2019, 4:35 PM, Neil C Smith < neilcsmith.net at googlemail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>     On Sun, 17 Feb 2019, 19:43 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
>     <mailto:ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> 
>         On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 20:00:00 +0100, Hermann Meyer wrote:
>          >Also, don't forget, Ralf haven't any experience with Mint, so
>         all he
>          >wrote is just "from what I hear".
> 
>         I never installed Mint, neither have I ever used a Mint live media.
> 
> 
>     Well, I did use a Mint LTS for a number of years, and actually agree
>     with much of what you said - I wouldn't use it again. A number of
>     issues that were fixed in upstream Ubuntu never made it downstream,
>     and it became quite frustrating. The much larger Ubuntu user base is
>     reflected in a better user experience in my opinion.
> 
>     Best wishes,
> 
>     Neil


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