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On 05/31/2011 06:26 AM, Simon Wise wrote:

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> So - if you want to use the current DAW packages that are part of

> debian, especially if you want to run jack2, you need to be using sid

> and not using stable.

Where did you get this idea? Ardour2.8.11 w/jack2 works OOTB on

debian/squeeze.
> Definitely DO NOT use http://www.debian-multimedia.org, the changes it

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> makes to the various libraries and mplayer etc will give you mp3

> encoding and a bunch of codecs that are not in debian, but the cost is

> it will often break the DAW packages that are not maintained in this

> repository 

debian-multimedia.org works just fine as additional repo. for squeeze,

wheezy and sid.
Could you please provide an example where it /breaks/ things or produces

conflicts?
> See above, to use jack2, and the huge amount of work done in the last 9

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> months by debian multimedia maintainers 

There's some truth to that. but Ralf mentioned earlier that he want to

use jack2 from SVN anyway.
> you can't be using stable, and a

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> mixed system will get you into trouble sooner rather than later. 

I beg to disagree: I'm running a mixed system

(stable/testing/experimental) without re-installing (just copy it over

to new hardware - i386 architecture) since debian/woody. Apt-pinning

helps a lot and `aptitude` does a great job at resolving dependencies.

I've posted some /etc/apt/ files earlier in this thread.
> This

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> work is continuing very quickly, but will not be in stable until wheezy

> becomes the new stable in 2013. In debian terms "stable" means

> unchanging, frozen, fully predictable, security related fixes only ...

perfect. >2 years of making music without worrying about the system :)
Well, one can pull in selected "unstable/testing" packages or backports;

usually without updating the bulk of packages.
> for a three year lifespan while "unstable" means changing, volatile,

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> updated with new work, versions and such like and "testing" means the

> candidate for the next stable.

Now that's concise description.
> I can't help with evolution.

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>> For Debian I still need to set up a xorg.conf, hopefully it will keep in

>> good shape ;). I suspect many issues regarding to the way X is handled

>> today.

http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg
> This is where I find aptosid is useful to install my minimal debian. Not

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> quite minimal, but there isn't much extra if you use the 1 cd xfce

> version, then add gnome or KDE if you prefer them. It is almost entirely

> pure debian except their kernel (you can use the debian one if you

> prefer), a few bugfixes and a few scripts to hold back broken versions

> of updates so a dist upgrade brings you fully up to date

>

> Simon.

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Cheers!

robin

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