[PD] PD extended, Linux 64 & 32 bits

[Bernardo Barros]

just curious... why switch from fedora to ubuntu?



2010/9/13 Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>:
>
> 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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