Re: [LAU] Is CentOS good for audio stuff?

Hi Roberto, if you want to keep stable Linux audio userspace with less maintenance, then the easiest way is to use a distro that follows upstream and that provides an audio repository. Some from this mailing list are using Arch Linux. For Arch there is the Arch audio repository and the Arch user repository in addition to the official repositories. They provide audio software and Linux RT. For Ubuntu LTS you need to install a PPA in addition to the official repositories, since Ubuntu follows Debian and Debian's policy is a PITA for audio users. Or is e.g. linuxsampler now available by the official repositories? However, the biggest issue for audio users on release model distros is making audio userspace maintenance much harder than for a distro that follows stable releases from upstream. By your point of view likely two things are not that nice with Arch Linux. 1. One time you need to set up everything yourself, but Arch provides good howtos. 2. You regularly need to upgrade and before upgrading you should read the news on the Arch homepage, to avoid trouble. Regards, Ralf