1 Sep
2014
1 Sep
'14
11:42 a.m.
2014-09-01 7:42 GMT+02:00 David Christensen <dpchrist(a)holgerdanske.com>om>:
And, there are other issues with Debian (such as cdrkit/ isoinfo).
> So, it's time for me to look for another Linux distribution. Are there
> any recommendations for a Linux distribution that:
> 1. Works correctly.
> 2. Is efficient in both space and time.
> 3. Offers a kernel suitable for DAW use at install time.
> 4. Offers current DAW software binary packages.
> 5. Provides simple OOTB *user* and *administrator* experiences -- e.g.
> minimal technical wrenching around under the hood.
> TIA,
> David
> p.s. I read the recent thread on the same
topic and researched some of
> the responses (archive server down at the moment). The apparent favorite,
> Arch Linux, fails criteria #5 (https://wiki.archlinux.org/
> index.php/Pro_Audio). The runner-up, Ubuntu Studio, is 2+ GB and
> therefore fails criteria #2. The also-ran, Debian, fails #1, 2, and 3.
You fail on the base criteria: you do not know "enough" about linux and
asking for a ready-to-go distro (corollary 6. learn to use google)
linux-audio-user:
I've been running a Debian Wheezy DAW (i386, Xfce, realtime kernel,
Audacity, Rosegarden, various synthesizers, etc.) for the past week or
two. It sort of worked. But, it's clearly not ready for taking on stage
for a performance.
I checked for backports of more recent DAW titles, but none are available.
So, today I rebuilt the machine using Debian Testing (Jessie).
I started by downloading the 288 MB "netinst" ISO image. This was
followed by 100's of MB of downloads to install the base system, graphical
desktop (Xfce), laptop packages, SSH server, and print server.
I fed my list of desired general-purpose, kernel, and DAW packages to Apt
and it wanted to download another 1+ GB of files (!). I shook my head and
lit it off.
After several hours of hogging my 1.5 Mbps Internet connection, I noticed
that Apt was downloading a 323 MB documentation package.
Since when is documentation a *required* package?
For that matter, when is 288 MB a "small" installation image?
Your complaints are quite presumptuous.
Of course 288Mb is a small installation image, compared to the standard
4.5GB dvd and 700Mb cd iso images.
A complete (suits for a DAW) linux distro installation requires ~5-7Gb, no
matter which one you choose.