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On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 09:39 +0200, R.Wolff wrote:

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> Since AV Linux is Debian Squeeze, you can of course use their repos.

> Like I said, AVL comes with full build env. to build all you need on your own.

> However, the packages delivered by AVL are quite up to date, stable, and all

> apps I've tried (some only shortly) worked. A few days ago I tried Tango Studio

> (based on Ubuntu 10.10) and almost nothing worked ootb. So I quickly skipped it.

Edubuntu 10.10 32-bit + Ubuntu Studio meta packages and a lot of self

build stuff + PA tweaks is my first perfectly working Linux audio/MIDI

DAW. Even the very good 64 Studio releases did cause jitter for hw MIDI,

because there wasn't the current JACK2 svn already available ;). The

only, but serious issue is, that the mouse wheel isn't working.
Ubuntu Studio 11.04 + Edubuntu meta packages is a PITA. Completely

unusable, even writing emails is a PITA, I didn't set up audio, but

decided to switch the distro.
> NVidia & ATI drivers are installed through the means of a helper script.

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> Eve though it's 32-bit, there's a PAE rt-kernel available if you have 4 GB of

> RAM or more.

I'll build customized kernels myself. Well, my Ubuntu 10.10 is a 32-bit

install, but since Ubuntu 32-bit has got no advantage, e.g. installing

proprietary 32-bit apps, that run on Suse 11.2 !!!64-bit, don't run on

Ubuntu, neither 32-bit or 64-bit, I prefer the advantages of 64-bit

installs. I don't need VST, but lightscribe and will keep Suse 11.2 to

use those apps. Debian should be 64-bit, not 32-bit on my machine.
> The developer is very responsive and the forum quickly helps you out in case of

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> trouble.

>

> I see no real advantage for my machine (AMD Athlon 7750BE, ASRock AOD790GX/128M,

> 4 GB RAM OCZ, Radeon HD4650, Delta 1010LT, BCR2000 etc...) in using a 64-bit

> audio distro,

> as long as there's a PAE kernel available.

>

> I don't use evolution, so can't comment. For me an audio distro doesn't need all

> those office,

> email or whatever stuff. Just a browser (FF for me), and pidgin.

>

> I've long observed your discussions about MIDI jitter on the 64-Studio list.

> Still, I can't comment

> because I never perceived such issues. At least not since my last PC build.

>

> You shouldn't need any additional repos imho, since the AVL repo is well filled

> with audio software.

> And then there's always Debian Multimedia. Always depending on what you plan to

> do of course.

AV Linux is a very good distro, but I wish to have 64-bit. I guess the

only 32-bit app I really need for music will be an app to set up a KORG

NANOKONTROL, but this should work with wine on a 64-bit install too, I

guess ;).
-- Ralf
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