Re: [linux-audio-user] FC2->Fc3->Fc4->Fc5->FC6->FC*: it's crazy!

I use Fedora/Planet CCRMA in the studio. Being a long-time RedHat user, I know upgrades are fraught with peril. I partition my system in such a way that I can boot multiple versions of Fedora (I currently have 3), and have a minimal home directory that I replicate to each instance, so any Gnome settings that might change from one version to another don't propogate in a way that precludes my dropping back to an older version. Is this a pain? Not for me, I find it pretty flexible. It's been a great butt-saver for me, too. A while back, I installed whatever the latest FC/PC release was, and had awful performance in Jack and Ardour. This was 2 days before I had someone coming in from out of state to do some recording. I trouble-shot as long as I could without success, and a few hours before the session, threw in the towel and booted to the previous version, which had been running rock-solid for me. The session went without a hitch, and afterwards, it took me about 15 minutes to resolve the issue, which as I recall had something to do with IRQs. I wouldn't do it any other way, even if I was using a distribution that was a lot easier to upgrade, because Murphy's always looking over my shoulder, and an upgrade that had always just worked is sure to fail at the most inopportune time. -- ====================================================================== Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh(a)brainiac.com Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa