[LAU] New computer planned

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 04:58 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 12:00 +0000,
> linux-audio-user-request at lists.linuxaudio.org wrote:
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:34:45 +0100
> > From: Robin Gareus <robin at gareus.org>
> > Subject: Re: [LAU] New computer planned
> > To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
> > Cc: linux-audio-user <linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org>,
> >         debian-user at lists.debian.org
> > Message-ID: <4F4A34F5.1080407 at gareus.org>
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> > 
> > 
> > On 02/26/2012 09:52 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > [..]
> > > What Debian should we install, to get a working system?
> > > 
> > > Go with stable if you use NVIDIA, you are an idiot if you use
> > NVIDIA,
> > > use Intel and install Debian, but not stable :D???
> > 
> > http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html
> 
> Hi Robin :)
> 
> users still need to venture a guess what to take from what repo to get
> their hardware working with Debian. Debian didn't like my PS/2 mouse. I
> bought a USB mouse and everything was ok. Some upgrades later Debian
> didn't like my PS/2 keyboard and my USB mouse anymore. I only had X from
> stable installed, to keep the nv driver and everything else was from
> testing.
> Now there's the suggestion to compile the nv driver from git, anyway,
> there's no Debian that is really stable. If you get some Intel graphics
> you need testing, if you get some NVIDIA graphics, you need stable.
> Btw. it's vague that the mouse and keyboard issues were related to my X
> settings, since they already started with a vanilla install of Debian
> stable.
> 
> For me it was easier to switch the distro, other users millage may vary.
> 
> I don't like this policy of Debian and Debian derivatives. For current
> Ubuntu Oneiric, I don't have audio output for my RME card. It's not
> "just" that pulseaudio issue.
> 
> I don't experience such issues for basic hardware using current Arch
> Linux or older Debian and Debian derivatives. Of cause, today, right
> now, I try to get USB WiFi ad-hoc working for the sextillionth time,
> since their seems a drivers available, to get the iPads MIDI by WiFi
> working with Linux. Here Debian "knows" the USB adapter by default, Arch
                           ^^^^^^ Debian derivative Ubuntu, at the
moment there's no Debian on my machine
> Linux doesn't, still not working even for Debian, but this isn't
> something "basic" such as the graphics, keyboard and mouse are.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf