[PlanetCCRMA] PlanetCCRMA *not* in the press
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Mon Aug 27 11:24:00 2007
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 12:51 +1000, Nicholas Manojlovic wrote:
>
> I agree somewhat - I don't want to get all negative about the other
> distros, but I certainly haven't ever found the same quality or
> performance. Maybe its just because I enjoy Fedora the best, and I
> find the 'add a repository' as easy as piss to set up (I find Ubuntu a
> myriad of repos far too hard to understand).
>
> Personally I don't use any of the 'academic' packages - I'm a simple
> Ardour, midi and soft-synth kind of guy and I can't say I've ever had
> a problem.
>
> My own personal theory is that the website is a little dated, which
> can lead to confusion. Perhaps its time for a wiki?
Just "a little dated"?? You are sooooo kind :-)
It definitely needs a rejuvenation.....
(I'm looking at drupal)
-- Fernando
> On 8/7/07, Hector Centeno <hcengar@gmail.com> wrote:
> I do have some theories too. Something that I noticed is that
> there seems to be a positive proliferation of Linux Audio
> distros (UbuntuStudio, 64Studio, Musix, JackLab) but only
> Planet CCRMA has "academic" music composers included in it's
> target audience (at least it seems to me), this is something
> that I find great since my interest is in electroacoustic
> music and sound art. The other distros seem to be more
> inclined to worry about providing tools for other genera of
> music, which is fine! Packages like Csound, PD, Supercollider,
> etc are sometimes absent or outdated in these distros, as well
> as other audio processing tools. I find that in the case of
> UbuntuStudio the disadvantages are that the maintainers are
> reluctant to provide any other packages outside of the ones
> already available in the main Ubuntu repository, which lacks a
> lot in the audio and music area. I found that the UbuntuStudio
> maintainers maybe are not really that much into Linux music
> and audio since I found (through reading the mailing lists)
> that they don't know of the existence of some fundamental
> packages (FreeBoB/FFADO for instance, and other audio apps).
> The good side about Ubuntu is that the other components of the
> system work quite well and are usually ready to use without
> needing to much configuration. I guess the fact that CCRMA
> comes from an academic context makes it also not that
> "popular" as the other ones.
>
> Anyways, sorry for the rant, I just wanted to share some
> thoughts and thanks for the good work behind CCRMA.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hector
>
>
> On 8/5/07, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 21:37 -0400, Hector Centeno
> wrote:
> > After reading the list of distros in that article
> (got the link from
> > yourpost at the Ardour list) I wondered the same
> thing: how come
> > Planet CCRMA is not here when is the most exhaustive
> and up to date
> > Linux Audio application repository? Also with one
> very hard working
> > maintainer behind.
>
> Thanks for the kind words.
>
> As to why, I don't know. Planet CCRMA used to be
> mentioned when there
> were articles about music and linux, I'll have to have
> a serious talk
> with my Marketing Department Leader! :-)
>
> (I do have my own theories, of course :-)
> -- Fernando
>
> >
> > Hector
>
> > On 8/4/07, Stephan Neuhaus < sten@artdecode.de>
> wrote:
> > Dear list,
> >
> > Spiegel Online, one of Germany's most-read
> online magazines,
> > has a brief
> > article about making music under
> Linux. See
> >
> http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/0,1518,497951,00.html
> >
> > Right at the top of the article, it says
> that "Linux users
> > have the
> > choice between at least five current
> distributions geared
> > specially
> > processing audio: 64 Studio, Dynabolic,
> Jacklab, Musix, and
> > Ubuntu
> > Studio." (my translation).
> >
> > There is no mention of PlanetCCRMA in the
> article. This
> > suggests that
> > it keeps a slightly low profile among music
> > distributions. This may be
> > deliberate; it just astonished me since I
> have been using
> > PlanetCCRMA
> > for so long :-)
> >
> > Anyway, have fun and keep up the good work,
> >
> > Stephan
> >
> >
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