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Re: Jackd hell and other oddities



Daniel James escribe:
> I believe Musix now uses the 64 Studio kernel packages, so that's one 
> less variable ;-) Ubuntu Studio is not going for a Molnar-style RT 
> kernel, according to an interview with Cory Kontros I read.

That's not the case. Musix kernels are packaged by Tapani Raikkonen
which by the way is doing a great job, Musix is delivered with the
most recent kernels suitable to be patched for realtime work.

> I believe it's because in the mainstream, audio on GNU/Linux has mostly 
> been addressed from the point of view of a so-called 'consumer'. So 
> distros have tried to solve questions like "How do I make my iPod work 
> out of the box, so I can re-arrange my collection of Britney Spears 
> downloads?" rather than "How do I tune my kernel and OS for maximum 
> performance when tracking 24 channels over my ADAT interface?"

I agree with that. A system suitable for those who enjoy multimedia
just for fun is very different than a system for those who use a
system for multimedia creation. Indeed almost nobody really needs
jackd to be installed unless she pretends to use ardour, zynaddsubfx
or similar soft. So I think it's ok that Debian doesn't focus on
multimedia creation given there are more suitable distros adapted from
the Debian main one.

Cordially, Ismael
-- 
Ismael Valladolid Torres  m. +34679156321
La media hostia           j. ivalladt@gmail.com

http://lamediahostia.blogspot.com/



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