[PD] PD extended, Linux 64 & 32 bits

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

The Debian tools make it quite easy and manageable to build your own  
kernel.  Try that before switching :)

.hc

On Sep 13, 2010, at 4:21 PM, András Murányi wrote:

> Ahh, livna....
> You know, know that i have convinced my Fedora friends to switch to  
> Ubuntu, what do I tall them when i go back? :o)
> I'll take a look at it, and also at home-brewing a kernel. Maybe  
> that's the way forward.
>
> Thanks,
> Andras
>
> 2010/9/13 Bernardo Barros <bernardobarros2 at gmail.com>
> Then you have to add Fusion free+non-free (maybe livna?) to your  
> repos.
>
>
> 2010/9/13 András Murányi <muranyia at gmail.com>:
> > Hhh, switching distro seems harder than moving to another country
> > sometimes... :o)
> > I heard that some non-free stuff if missing from Fedora, does  
> CCRMA have
> > these? Like some proprietary codecs, etc...
> >
> > 2010/9/13 Bernardo Barros <bernardobarros2 at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> yes, planet_ccrma is a repo for the Fedora/CentOS/RedHat family
> >> I like it
> >>
> >> 2010/9/13 András Murányi <muranyia at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hmm, hmm. That means switching to Fedora, right?
> >> >
> >> > 2010/9/13 Bernardo Barros <bernardobarros2 at gmail.com>
> >> >>
> >> >> Planet CCRMA offers rt-kernel for x86_64 systems. Give it a try.
> >> >>
> >> >> 2010/9/13 András Murányi <muranyia at gmail.com>:
> >> >> > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:59 PM, jm jones  
> <juanmjv at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hi, usually I install the 64 bits version of, but the last  
> time, I
> >> >> >> dont remember why : ) (maybe to avoid any problems) I  
> installed the
> >> >> >> 32
> >> >> >> bits version of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Is a repo of pd-extended  
> for 10.04
> >> >> >> available?
> >> >> >> And about the 32 vs 64 bits, what are your choices?  And  
> what about
> >> >> >> distros? Pure:dyne seems more lightweight with his xfce  
> desktop,
> >> >> >> however I have a good processor (core 2 duo intel e7200)  
> and 2gb of
> >> >> >> ram, planning an update to 6gb, so I dont know if xfce is a  
> must for
> >> >> >> me.
> >> >> >> Im a "veteran" gnu/linux user, but the last years I was  
> using OS X
> >> >> >> and
> >> >> >> W7 for music making. In Linux I want to use pd, Renoise (its
> >> >> >> available
> >> >> >> as 64 bits too), and wine for some vsts.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hi There,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I'm sort of a veteran too (started on IBM AIX in 1992, used  
> Red Hat
> >> >> > for
> >> >> > a
> >> >> > long time, then went back to Windows 98, later XP, which i  
> gave up
> >> >> > finally a
> >> >> > few years ago).
> >> >> > I'm using vanilla Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit with Gnome (and 2GB of  
> memory),
> >> >> > and my
> >> >> > impression is that it's not the WM that makes things slow,  
> but in the
> >> >> > case
> >> >> > of Pd, it's Pd itself. Read the archives on GUI<->core  
> communication
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > Tcl/Tk weirdnesses. The 64-bit version of Pd is quite tidy  
> now, well
> >> >> > actually there was a time when it seemed to me a bit slower  
> than the
> >> >> > 32-bit
> >> >> > version, but AFAIK there's no reason for that any more (?)
> >> >> > With a decent CPU and that huge amount of RAM you (will)  
> have, it
> >> >> > really
> >> >> > cannot be a question of WM whatsoever. Of course, the system  
> has to
> >> >> > be
> >> >> > tuned
> >> >> > for realtime, undisturbed audio usage, which may include  
> getting rid
> >> >> > of
> >> >> > eye-candy functions, but i never experienced a problem with  
> those.
> >> >> > After
> >> >> > all, they use openGL, don't they?
> >> >> > The same stands for pure:dyne; at the core it's a linux  
> kernel, and
> >> >> > what
> >> >> > you
> >> >> > install on (or remove from) the top, it's up to you.
> >> >> > The only thing i'm missing here on 64-bit is the RT kernel.  
> Once i
> >> >> > find
> >> >> > a
> >> >> > nice quick way, i'll grab it, but i'm not really into home- 
> brewing my
> >> >> > kernel. :)
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Muranyi Andras
> >
>
>
>
> -- 
> Muranyi Andras
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