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>>Can we ?prime this pump? with a conservative but very useful distribution?
>I've tried Ubuntu Studio, Studio64, Musix, and Fedora/CCRMA.  I agree with=

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>pretty much

>everything you said in your post.  My favorite, because it's worked so=20

>flawlessly for

>me, is Fedora/CCRMA.  I have a long history of working with RedHat=20

>professionally so

>I'm tilted in favor of RPM based distributions.

>

>-Scott

Another approach that I=B4ve been thinking about, would be a general LAU

repository covering the different distros that we all use.

LAU/Fedora, LAU/*buntu, LAU/whatever...
I know that many of us here have some pretty cool scripts, setups,

custom guis made in python-qt or TK, or x/k/gdialog, rebuilds of

standard apps to support Jack (libxine or mplayer come to mind),

some of us keep up with different trees in a project (I always

use the new_fx_and_sample_fun branch

of Hydrogen, for example).=20
So...something along the lines of the Ubuntu ppa=B4s, but keeping out of the

distros=B4 official channels, to avoid all the stupid political crap

that go with such distros. (Which would also allow people to include scripts

to add wine-based stuff without fear and lothing), A small "base" area

that does the relevant tweaks for the distro (A link to a known good kernel,

install the rt_irq script, install necessary tweaks for Jack)...the rest all

personal stuff to go on top.
As far as the "base" stuff goes, I don=B4t give a **** about wallpapers, ic=

ons or some audio

distro=B4s "perfect" desktop - I=B4m a KDE guy so half of these audio distr=

o=B4s work

is useless to me (imagine all that work being redirected at finding and pac=

kaging

every single jack app out there, instead)
All it would require desktop wise would be XDG compliance -

a .menu, and and .desktop files to create a new submenu (keeping out of the=

 now

ridiculously bloated "Multimedia" menu ("Categories=3DAudioVideo"),

instead, have a "Categories=3DX-Linux-Audio-User".
If what I just wrote is completely incoherent, I blame jetlag (and 20 hours=

 stuck

in a damn waiting lounge), sorry...
- Shane
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>>Can we ?prime this pump? with a conserv=

ative but very useful distribution?>I've tried Ubuntu Studio, St=

udio64, Musix, and Fedora/CCRMA.  I agree with >pretty much>e=

verything you said in your post.  My favorite, because it's worked so &=

gt;flawlessly for>me, is Fedora/CCRMA.  I have a long history of wor=

king with RedHat >professionally so>I'm tilted in favor of RP=

M based distributions.>>-ScottAnother approach that I=

=B4ve been thinking about, would be a general LAUrepository covering th=

e different distros that we all use.LAU/Fedora, LAU/*buntu, LAU/whateve=

r...I know that many of us here have some pretty cool scripts, setu=

ps,custom guis made in python-qt or TK, or x/k/gdialog, rebuilds of=

standard apps to support Jack (libxine or mplayer come to mind),some of=

 us keep up with different trees in a project (I alwaysuse the new_fx_a=

nd_sample_fun branchof Hydrogen, for example). So...something a=

long the lines of the Ubuntu ppa=B4s, but keeping out of thedistros=B4 =

official channels, to avoid all the stupid political crapthat go with s=

uch distros. (Which would also allow people to include scriptsto add wi=

ne-based stuff without fear and lothing), A small "base" areathat does =

the relevant tweaks for the distro (A link to a known good kernel,insta=

ll the rt_irq script, install necessary tweaks for Jack)...the rest all=

personal stuff to go on top.As far as the "base" stuff goes, I don=

=B4t give a **** about wallpapers, icons or some audiodistro=B4s "perfe=

ct" desktop - I=B4m a KDE guy so half of these audio distro=B4s workis =

useless to me (imagine all that work being redirected at finding and packag=

ingevery single jack app out there, instead)All it would requir=

e desktop wise would be XDG compliance -a .menu, and and .desktop files=

 to create a new submenu (keeping out of the nowridiculously bloated "M=

ultimedia" menu ("Categories=3DAudioVideo"),instead, have a "Categories=

=3DX-Linux-Audio-User".If what I just wrote is completely incoheren=

t, I blame jetlag (and 20 hours stuckin a damn waiting lounge), sorry..=

.- Shane
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