6 Aug
2004
6 Aug
'04
12:33 a.m.
Russell Hanaghan wrote:
I need to stretch my wings a little and try something
outside of
Mandrake 10.0...
Can I get some basic pros and cons of the different distro's you're
using? And especially from previous Mandrake users.
Been thinking about CCRMA because I'm used to packages but I would build
more stuff if it wasn't such a struggle every time I do it. Sometimes I
just need to install stuff and have it work and not spend 20 hours
sifting through Google hits, how to's, etc. I enjoy the learning and
Linux; I just don't have a lot of spare time.
Thanks
R~
I highly recommend slackware, Luke runs www.audioslack.com, and while
not complete (and I don't use his kernel since I have a smp box) its
VERY FAST with little effort in setting up. On top of that, there's
always high quality addon packages from www.linuxpackages.net. On ccrma
I got xruns with my delta1010 on the 128/2/48khz setting, on slackware,
0. Notably: I disable any bs server daemons (except ssh) as well as run
fluxbox instead of one of the larger wm/de's. I never have any problems,
minus a few things I have to compile and install myself... but thats not
too hard :-) Thats my recommendation anyways, I've tried most of them...
debian, ccrma's rh, agnula demudi, etc etc... I just find slackware to
be clean and easy, very much a choice though :-)
NOTE: Please understand this IS an opinion, but should not be taken as
flamebait and what not...
Cheers
-Tom