RE: [linux-audio-user] A bit of good news -- paper now availablefor your viewing pleasure and/or comments

-----Original Message----- From: linux-audio-user-bounces(a)music.columbia.edu [mailto:linux-audio- user-bounces(a)music.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of luis jure Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 6:45 PM To: A list for linux audio users Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] A bit of good news -- paper now availablefor your viewing pleasure and/or comments el Fri, 28 May 2004 00:05:20 -0400 "Ivica Ico Bukvic" <ico(a)fuse.net> escribió: hello, i think it's a very well balanced and realistic survey, highlighting the advantages but not hiding the difficulties and shortcomings of linux as an audio workstation. here are two minor suggestions: 1) 7.2, picking the right distribution i know that there are literally hundreds of distributions out there, and that it's impossible to mention them all, but i really think that, since you're mentioning different approaches (using pre-compiled binaries, rpms, debs, compiling from sources, ebuilds, live cds, etc), a line dedicated to Linux from Scratch would be pertinent, since it means a completely different approach, building the whole linux system from sources (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org) 2) 7.3, obtaining audio software where you mention Thac's rpm and turnkey, i'd add audioslack for the slackware distribution (http://www.audioslack.com/) best, lj --