On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Len Ovens <l...@ovenwerks.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015, Mike Holstein wrote: > > 15:48 < zequence> holstein: I really urge you to put your thoughts down >> and write >> an email instead >> 15:48 < holstein> well, its fashionable to not like ubuntu.. and, thats >> something larger than ubuntustudio.. but, when folks go to #ardour, for >> example, and the major piece of advice is "whatever you >> do, >> dont use ubuntustudio", i would like to think about why >> > > That is not really true, "don't use Ubuntu" Yes I see that... and probably > with good cause. It is possible to get good results with Unity, easy to get > bad results. Certainly Studio sometimes just gets lumped in with Ubuntu. > And when suggesting a distro made for Audio, generally kxstudio or avlinux > are the two mentioned. However, I have heard UbuntuStudio recommended > sometimes as well. (especially lately as kxstudio has had some issues > related to KDE) > i dont share that viewpoint, personally, that folks shouldnt use ubuntustudio. i feel like i had to make an effort, though, to sit in #ardour, and address each comment that i saw, for a time, and ask that folks try the more recent versions before making blanket statements.. > > Studio has some good stuff: > - xfce > - a good set of applications > - audio and RT allready works > > On the other side: > - LTS releases with sometimes the buggiest release of some > required audio utilities. > - LTS releases mean that by the time the next one comes out > the old one is hopelessly behind. Kubuntu may have > the best way of dealing with this by trying to make > each release LTS-able. Anything based on debian, tends > to be release based. > - It is not easy to update an LTS, the policys for adding a new > version for anything besides bugs is not an easy road to > take. > > It takes a lot of work to keep an LTS current and we just haven't been > able to do that. Both kx and av add the latest versions to their repos > within days (minutes sometimes)... they can do so because they own the > repos and manage them. > > We could set up an upgrade repo ppa, but I do not know if that is what > Ubuntu is all about. Ubuntu flavours are meant to use the Ubuntu repos. > > Directions we could go that remain Ubuntu-ish but still make a good distro > for audio: > > remove module-udev-detect from pulseaudio and run jackd as the only back > end. So jackdbus would start at session start and pulse would use either > jack or dummy as it's only backends. > > Create a udev utility that replaces module-udev-detect for PA with > something that adds a plugged in audio IF to jack on the fly. The user in > -controls would be asked or allowed to determine if the new device became > the jack maser device or if it was added via zita-a2j/j2a. If the (probably > USB) new device was to be master, the internal would then get added via > zita-a2j/j2a. > > These two things alone would make Studio unique in the Linux audio world > and would solve more than 50% of support requests both in ubuntuStudio and > in other places like #Ardour. > > Make performance mode default with the option when battery operation is > detected to goto a slower speed or ondemand. (in general a slower > _constant_ speed is better for low latency) > > Note on performance mode: I have found that performance mode runs cooler > at high CPU use than ondemand. Ondemand is good for mostly idle use. > > Allow sw update stuff to be turned off while doing audio intensive stuff > (stop cron works for me). > > Any place I have mentioned starting jack should include a2jmidid, using > a2j_control seems to be more reliable for me than using a2jmidid directly. > > Note that this whole topic is audio only and does not address other > workflows in Studio. It happens to be what I know :) Also, I have not > mentioned the tweaks we already do for audio which should remain. > > -- > Len Ovens > www.ovenwerks.net > > -- > ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list > ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > > -- MH likethecow.com
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