30 May
2011
30 May
'11
12:06 p.m.
On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 09:39 +0200, R.Wolff wrote:
Since AV Linux is Debian Squeeze, you can of course
use their repos.
Like I said, AVL comes with full build env. to build all you need on your own.
However, the packages delivered by AVL are quite up to date, stable, and all
apps I've tried (some only shortly) worked. A few days ago I tried Tango Studio
(based on Ubuntu 10.10) and almost nothing worked ootb. So I quickly skipped it.
Edubuntu 10.10 32-bit + Ubuntu Studio meta packages and a lot of self
build stuff + PA tweaks is my first perfectly working Linux audio/MIDI
DAW. Even the very good 64 Studio releases did cause jitter for hw MIDI,
because there wasn't the current JACK2 svn already available ;). The
only, but serious issue is, that the mouse wheel isn't working.
Ubuntu Studio 11.04 + Edubuntu meta packages is a PITA. Completely
unusable, even writing emails is a PITA, I didn't set up audio, but
decided to switch the distro.
NVidia & ATI drivers are installed through the
means of a helper script.
Eve though it's 32-bit, there's a PAE rt-kernel available if you have 4 GB of
RAM or more.
I'll build customized kernels myself. Well, my Ubuntu 10.10 is a 32-bit
install, but since Ubuntu 32-bit has got no advantage, e.g. installing
proprietary 32-bit apps, that run on Suse 11.2 !!!64-bit, don't run on
Ubuntu, neither 32-bit or 64-bit, I prefer the advantages of 64-bit
installs. I don't need VST, but lightscribe and will keep Suse 11.2 to
use those apps. Debian should be 64-bit, not 32-bit on my machine.
The developer is very responsive and the forum quickly
helps you out in case of
trouble.
I see no real advantage for my machine (AMD Athlon 7750BE, ASRock AOD790GX/128M,
4 GB RAM OCZ, Radeon HD4650, Delta 1010LT, BCR2000 etc...) in using a 64-bit
audio distro,
as long as there's a PAE kernel available.
I don't use evolution, so can't comment. For me an audio distro doesn't need
all
those office,
email or whatever stuff. Just a browser (FF for me), and pidgin.
I've long observed your discussions about MIDI jitter on the 64-Studio list.
Still, I can't comment
because I never perceived such issues. At least not since my last PC build.
You shouldn't need any additional repos imho, since the AVL repo is well filled
with audio software.
And then there's always Debian Multimedia. Always depending on what you plan to
do of course.
AV Linux is a very good distro, but I wish to have 64-bit. I guess the
only 32-bit app I really need for music will be an app to set up a KORG
NANOKONTROL, but this should work with wine on a 64-bit install too, I
guess ;).
-- Ralf