Re: [Rosegarden-user] Audio Distros

2013-09-08 Thread Brian Clem
David Tisdell david.tisdell@... writes:

 
 Hi all,I use Rosegarden to teach composition to middle school students.
For a long time, I used Studio64 but it wasn't being updated and I was
running into driver issues on new hardware installations. In August, I
installed XUbuntu and added all of the music programs I use but have been
really unhappy with Ubuntu. There have been stability issues and frequent
loss of communication to software synthesizers. Before I do my next round of
compositions, I want to ditch Ubuntu.Does anyone have a recommendation for
an audio distro? Remember, I am doing this with middle school student so
stability and consistency are paramount. Personally, I have been a suse
person for several years but there are a couple of quirks to doing digital
audio and MIDI on suse that I don't mind dealing with myself but don't want
to spring on my students.Thanks.Dave 
 
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I use two different computers for my elementary school classes.  Both my
laptop and amdx6 dual boot.  Both run AVL 6.0.1b.  Desktop also runs 12.04
LTS because I needed smartboard drivers and at the time, 12.04LTS was the
way to go.  Since some time, I find AVL 6 works as well.  AVL is debian. 
Its rock solid and very stable.  The laptop also runs the most bleeding edge
ubuntu 13.10 daily.  

My reason to have AVL 6 on both computers is because when students are in my
room, its just got to work.  And JACK runs much better on AVL.  Could be
debain and/or stable branch.  Also the people behind AVL are very cool and
support is great.  At least the best I have experienced in the computer world.

** Try AVL 6.
http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=avlinux

That is my recommendation.  Good luck!

Brian



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Re: [Rosegarden-user] Audio Distros

2013-09-08 Thread David Tisdell
Thanks Brian. That is very helpful. I am reevaluating again. I actually
didn't change much after I originally posted. This is the time if I am
going to do it this year.

Dave


On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Brian Clem mrbrianc...@gmail.com wrote:

 David Tisdell david.tisdell@... writes:

 
  Hi all,I use Rosegarden to teach composition to middle school students.
 For a long time, I used Studio64 but it wasn't being updated and I was
 running into driver issues on new hardware installations. In August, I
 installed XUbuntu and added all of the music programs I use but have been
 really unhappy with Ubuntu. There have been stability issues and frequent
 loss of communication to software synthesizers. Before I do my next round
 of
 compositions, I want to ditch Ubuntu.Does anyone have a recommendation for
 an audio distro? Remember, I am doing this with middle school student so
 stability and consistency are paramount. Personally, I have been a suse
 person for several years but there are a couple of quirks to doing digital
 audio and MIDI on suse that I don't mind dealing with myself but don't want
 to spring on my students.Thanks.Dave
 
 
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 I use two different computers for my elementary school classes.  Both my
 laptop and amdx6 dual boot.  Both run AVL 6.0.1b.  Desktop also runs 12.04
 LTS because I needed smartboard drivers and at the time, 12.04LTS was the
 way to go.  Since some time, I find AVL 6 works as well.  AVL is debian.
 Its rock solid and very stable.  The laptop also runs the most bleeding
 edge
 ubuntu 13.10 daily.

 My reason to have AVL 6 on both computers is because when students are in
 my
 room, its just got to work.  And JACK runs much better on AVL.  Could be
 debain and/or stable branch.  Also the people behind AVL are very cool and
 support is great.  At least the best I have experienced in the computer
 world.

 ** Try AVL 6.
 http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html
 http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=avlinux

 That is my recommendation.  Good luck!

 Brian




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