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Try AV Linux.

Very well tuned for audio, fast, debian squeeze based, full devel-env. fo=

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compiling from source.

Uses LXDE, so it's got a low overhead for desktop management.
You can testdrive a LiveCD/USB-Stick.
Hth,
Raphael ;)
Am 29.05.2011 12:55, wrote Ralf Mardorf:
> Hi all :)

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> any recommendations for a distro?

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

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

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

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> to use his audio card(s).

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> 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-bi=

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> apps such as lightscribe apps.

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

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

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> should cause less or no issues.

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> 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.

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> 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

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> 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'=

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> work properly, etc..

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> 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 and until now even the mouse wheel isn't working. The same

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> mouse does work with Suse OOTB.

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

> won't waste my time any longer.

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> 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.

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

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> My favorite distro was 64 Studio.

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

> 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.

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> My machine:

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> 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.

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> Cheers!

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> Ralf

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