1 Apr
2003
1 Apr
'03
7:52 p.m.
Hi Daniel
Like all the others? I believe only Slackware ships a
Linus kernel, out of
the
better known distros.
Yes, the other distros do it as well, but from my experience at least,
Mandrake's kernel is the most patched. At least RedHat's default kernels in
RH8 have low latency.
...which is very easy to install. Don't forget that
most computer users have
never compiled anything in their life. The expectation of end-user kernel
rebuilds should really be a thing of the past.
If you want to use the latest version of ALSA, you still need to have
kernel sources and the like handy. That in a sense is building the kernel,
as you are adding to the kernel's contents.
I guess I was making a personal feeling known. I would rather have a
vanilla kernel source for a default distro kernel, and patch it myself,
rather than having a kernel pre-patched with stuff I won't want.
In the serious audio space, I believe the main
competitor to Linux is
Apple OS
X. Only distros with plenty of pre-configuration stand a chance against OS X,
since most people who work in the sound industry are not C programmers. Out
of all the user-orientated distros, Mandrake is the only one I know that
respects and actually believes in free software.
I agree.
Regards
Luke.