i have used dynebolic+puredyne in live situations, with really good performance, also i have used ubuntu studio (hardy) for graphics and audio, and for me, it works ok, <br>what i like:<br>Updated very frequently, the guys work hard fixing things and trying to improve the distro<br>
i like the concept of "just use it", don't mess with kernel stuff and compiling things, so you have time for the fun stuff<br>Apt-get works great, just search for the app, install and use it<br>Many of the interesting audio/video apps are ready to use<br>
Great support from the ubuntu community<br>Good graphics support<br><br>what i don't like:<br>Sometimes things get broken when you do an update , so you have to wait for a couple of days until a new update comes <br><br>
by the way fedora/ccrma distro is solid as a rock in audio, but it lacks good 3d support, now if you can compile the needed drivers, you should consider it.<br><br>M.<br><br>M.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/13 Derek Holzer <<a href="mailto:derek@umatic.nl">derek@umatic.nl</a>>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hey gang,<br>
<br>
In a search for distraction from the project I'm really supposed to be<br>
working on, I decided to update my (until now stable but very outdated)<br>
Gentoo media editing machine. A couple days of circular package blocks,<br>
missing dependencies and vanishing libraries later, I'm really curious<br>
why I once decided it was a good idea to compile everything myself ;-)<br>
(Note to Gentooers: "emerge --update --deep world" once a month, or get<br>
the thing stable and never touch it again! If you wait too long, and<br>
your current packages go out of Portage, it can be hellish!).<br>
<br>
So if and when this machine is hosed, what would be a good distro to put<br>
on it? I don't feel much like the super-hacker I was a four or five<br>
years ago when I got into Gentoo, but I like a distro that I can<br>
configure to be extremely minimal and transparent. And what is<br>
absolutely necessary is that it has well-configured versions of all the<br>
audio softs that I depend on, such as Ardour (w/ VST support!), Jamin,<br>
LADSPAs, JACK, etc. Realtime/prempt kernel = A-OK. Ability to use<br>
PD-Extended is of course a plus, and also the ability to mount HFS+<br>
drives without destroying them (as Ubuntu has done to me in the past) is<br>
also necessary.<br>
<br>
I looked at Ubuntu Studio, but I wanted to ask who actually uses it.<br>
From the page it seems like maybe it's not well-maintained, and that's<br>
another requirement for me after messing around with different<br>
audio-related overlays for Portage that eventually get abandoned.<br>
<br>
If Ubuntu Studio isn't the right one, can anyone suggest another option?<br>
My last criteria is that it has a coherent user community and excellent<br>
docs (strongest point of Gentoo, and from what I recall a weak point of<br>
straight Debian, IMHO).<br>
<br>
thx + best!<br>
D.<br>
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