[PlanetCCRMA] Aboust to install PlanetCCRMA

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 14:10, Aengus Martin wrote:
> Maybe my understanding is way off, but does Planet CCRMA not have its own core?

It does have its own kernel, but that is just another package you can
install or not (of course if you don't you miss on the low latency
goodies and the ability to run Jack and his friends as a normal user). 

-- Fernando

> On 17 Jun 2005 13:57:29 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
> <nando at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 13:46, Aengus Martin wrote:
> > > That's a nice idea - is a change from ordinary FC4 to Planet FC4
> > > complicated or...?
> > 
> > Well, it is (will be) not really a "change", Planet CCRMA is a set of
> > packages you install at any time. But if you use the machine for music
> > almost all the apps you want will be missing originally. And it is
> > impossible to say how long and/or successfull the rebuild will be :-)
> > 
> > -- Fernando
> > 
> > > On 6/17/05, Mario Torre <mppr_kris at tiscali.it> wrote:
> > > > Aengus Martin wrote:
> > > > > Hi All,
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi have a laptop happily running Planet CCRMA FC3, and I'm about to
> > > > > install it on my desktop as well. My question is: Since FC4 will be
> > > > > ready soon, am I better off waiting the extra time (a few weeks?) and
> > > > > doing a fresh install of that? or is upgrading usually a fairly smooth
> > > > > process?
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Aengus.
> > > >
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > Usually upgrade are "enough" smooth... but this time the compiler is
> > > > changed, and it seem to break compatibility with some programs. I think
> > > > you should wait if you want to use fc4... You could install fc4 in the
> > > > meantime and wait for Planet CCRMA, this is exactly what I'm doing.
> > > >
> > > > Ciao,
> > > > Mario
> >