[PlanetCCRMA] Linux distributions and audio (Was: drop outs with FC8...)
Greg DeKoenigsberg
greg.dekoenigsberg at gmail.com
Wed Jan 9 07:32:01 PST 2008
On Jan 6, 2008 10:08 PM, Hector Centeno <hcengar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot Greg for the information. My opinions are based only on
> my experience as user (I've been using both Ubuntu and Fedora for
> audio and visual production since Fedora Core 2 and Ubuntu Warty), but
> is good to know the view from someone who works inside. From certain
> perspective, decisions like replacing the firewire stack in the final
> release for one that breaks compatibility with older devices (I think
> that's why FreeBob wont work with Juju, but thanks to Fernando to make
> it possible) makes it feel like there is more of an intention to beta
> test than to provide with stability and compatibility, but on the
> other hand I'm pretty sure the switch will probably bring benefits to
> the wider Linux community. Anyways, all work is appreciated! And any
> Linux distro has it's ups and downs (e.g. I'm starting to have some
> freezes and login problems with the Ubuntu RT kernel).
Yeah, the firewire change definitely bit us -- but someone's got to move
first, right? Because if you don't make the changes first at the
library/kernel level, you can't then make the necessary changes at the
application level.
That balance between stability and innovation is always painful.
--g
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