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On 05/29/2011 12:55 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

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> Hi all :)

>

> any recommendations for a distro?

>

> It shouldn't ignore settings in xorg.conf.

>

> It shouldn't use PulseAudio, or if it does use PulseAudio, then at least

> it should be enough, if the user set up /usr/share/alsa/cards to be able

> to use his audio card(s).

>

> Not that important, but an advantage if this should work too, at least

> the 32-bit version should be able to work with common proprietary 32-bit

> apps such as lightscribe apps.

>

> Less important are audio and MIDI repositories and kernel-rt, I will

> build several apps and the kernel myself, but the environment to do this

> should cause less or no issues.

>

> For Suse I experienced that 32-bit apps as lightscribe are ok on a

> 64-bit install, but Suse has several disadvantages for my palate.

>

> For Ubuntu I experienced that it has less to do with Linux anymore, the

> reason why I'll switch to another distro. Don't get me wrong, I still

> make only good experiences when using the Ubuntu Studio repositories,

> but this isn't a help when the Ubuntu desktop is slow, the mouse doesn't

> work properly, etc..

>

> I've got a absolutely stable and MIDI jitter free Ubuntu MIDI and audio

> worksattion, regarding to audio apps, but it was very time consuming to

> set it up

Do make a backup of the current setup!! That may come in handy.
>  and until now even the mouse wheel isn't working. The same

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> mouse does work with Suse OOTB.

>

> At the moment I still try to fix an Ubuntu Studio Natty install, but I

> won't waste my time any longer.

>

> Anyway, I prefer a .deb distro to a .rpm distro, but this isn't that

> important. A distro where it's easy to get rid of PA without cheap

> tricks would be cool.

>

> Important is that I prefer PCI, PCIe, parallel port PS/2 to USB gear.

>

> My favorite distro was 64 Studio.

> I'll try to keep Ubuntu, as my distro, just for emergency cases I'm

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> looking for another distro. At the moment there are Suse 11.2 64-bit,

> Edubuntu + Ubuntu Studio packages Maverick 32-bit and Ubuntu Studio +

> Edubuntu packages Natty 64-bit on my machine installed. I prefer using

> GNOME2.

>

> My machine:

>

> ASUS M2A-VM HDMI

> NVIDIA 7200 GS (I could switch to an on-board ATI Radeon X1250-based

> graphics, if this would be better when using a new distro)

> 4 GB RAM

> SATA drives only

> 2 TerraTec EWX 24/96 (UPS didn't deliver a RME HDSPe AIO + ADAT device

> last week, I should get it on Monday, but I'll keep the TerraTec cards

> for MIDI)

> A CTR-monitor, hence xorg.conf by default would be nice, not only

> regarding to mouse issues.

>

> Cheers!

>

> Ralf

All of your preferences will be met by debian. Pulseaudio is optional

and the debian-multimedia team are on the forefront when it comes to

pro-audio packages.
Also note that OpenDAW (64studio's successor in the making) is based on

debian/squeeze.
Other alternatives matching [most of] your criteria would be Arch and

maybe gentoo.
BTW vanilla 2.6.39 includes the relevant RT patches for pro-audio,

although there is no official package, yet. Meanwhile the OpenDAW kernel

does work on 64bit debian systems:

 http://apt.64studio.com/backports/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/
Anyway, choosing a distro for *Desktop use* is quite a personal thingy

and a matter of taste. Give it at least a week after install, else you

can't tell if it sucks or if it is just different from what you are used

to (and that includes Ubunutu).
ciao,

robin

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