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On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:47 PM, michael noble  wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Moshe Werner  wrote:

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>>

>> I would like to hear your opinions on what distro is solid for audio work

>> and has a reliable rt kernel.

>> Also I would appreciate if you could explain the degree of difficulty and

>> learning curve of the specific distro.

>>

>>

> I used openSuse for a few years, from the early JAD days up to version

> 11.3, when the situation with sporadic updates to audio apps finally

> convinced me to shop around. After trying Ubuntu for a while, I finally

> settled on Arch. There is a learning curve, mostly due to differences in

> package management and Arch's emphasis on centralized text based config

> files, but for me the transition made much easier by the documentation in

> the wiki, and the forums are generally very helpful and active. There are

> packages for the RT kernel available or you can compile from very easy to

> follow build scripts. The rolling release is great and most audio apps are

> available as build scripts. This has allowed me to keep my own repo of

> packages which I use to keep a consistent installation environment across

> three machines, while I run Ubuntu on my netbook for convenience sake.

>

> Short story: happy ex-openSuse current Arch user here.

>

> -m

>

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Thank youRonald StewartIndamixxOn Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:47 PM, michael noble <looplog@gmail.com&gt=

; wrote:
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Moshe Werner <moshwe@gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to hear your opinions on what distro is so=

lid for audio work and has a reliable rt kernel.Also I would app=

reciate if you could explain the degree of difficulty and learning curve of=

 the specific distro.
I used openSuse for a few years, from the earl=

y JAD days up to version 11.3, when the situation with sporadic updates to =

audio apps finally convinced me to shop around. After trying Ubuntu for a w=

hile, I finally settled on Arch. There is a learning curve, mostly due to d=

ifferences in package management and Arch's emphasis on centralized tex=

t based config files, but for me the transition made much easier by the doc=

umentation in the wiki, and the forums are generally very helpful and activ=

e. There are packages for the RT kernel available or you can compile from v=

ery easy to follow build scripts. The rolling release is great and most aud=

io apps are available as build scripts. This has allowed me to keep my own =

repo of packages which I use to keep a consistent installation environment =

across three machines, while I run Ubuntu on my netbook for convenience sak=

e.
Short story: happy ex-openSuse current Arch user here.-m

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