[linux-audio-user] Re: distorting Linuxsampler

[Asbjørn Sæbø]

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 08:44:04AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 10:56 +0200, Asbjørn Sæbø wrote:
> > The main drawback is that distributions often are somewhat delayed, one 
> > does not get the very freshest software.  On the other hand, the most 
> > recent version of something often requires recent versions of other 
> > software, and there you go again, hunting packages from all over, 
> > having to compile yourself, spending time and getting problems.
> 
> have you ever installed firefox? 

On Linux, only the versions coming with debian/demudi.  But that does 
not count in this respect.

> it doesn't work that way. the binary is
> statically linked. its not quite as easy as (yum|apt-get) install
> firefox, but its nothing like the process you are referring to.

Good!

But then again, the static linking probably has a cost in increased size 
of the binary?

Asbjørn