Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-19 Thread Rashif Ray Rahman
On 20 October 2013 04:13, Alexander Rødseth wrote: > Would it be expected that packages like nvidia-rt are moved too, if > linux-rt is moved from AUR to [community]? Yes. We have generally kept our official repos slim of kernels, and especially for -rt it was at some point kind of a consensus tha

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-19 Thread Alexander Rødseth
Would it be expected that packages like nvidia-rt are moved too, if linux-rt is moved from AUR to [community]? --- Alexander Rødseth xyproto / TU

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-18 Thread Rashif Ray Rahman
On 19 October 2013 04:21, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > PS after closing the thread. Perhaps we could continue this thread at > the archaudio list. I'll subscribe within the next days. You can also drop by #archaudio on Freenode if you use IRC. If you don't feel comfortable enough to start a new distro y

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 21:48 +0200, Joakim Hernberg wrote: > On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:15:48 +0200 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 19:47 +0200, Karol Blazewicz wrote: > > > I'm not sure why a separate distro would be needed, there's e.g. > > > http://archaudio.org/ > > > > Thank yo

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-18 Thread Joakim Hernberg
On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:15:48 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 19:47 +0200, Karol Blazewicz wrote: > > I'm not sure why a separate distro would be needed, there's e.g. > > http://archaudio.org/ > > Thank you, > > I'm uncertain, if an audio distro is useful and I'll take a deeper

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-18 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:35:09AM -0600, Jason Harrer wrote: > Being a musician and recording using Linux audio, I can concur > that Arch Ian't the best distro to start with. It's great to > use when you know what you're doing, though. I'm runnning around a dozen machines. Half of those are pa

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-18 Thread Karol Blazewicz
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Jason Harrer wrote: > > > On Oct 18, 2013, at 12:04 AM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf >> wrote: >>> >>> Since Ubuntu for my taste made a big step in the wrong direction, I'm >>> thinking about an Arch audio distro that can be

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-18 Thread Jason Harrer
On Oct 18, 2013, at 12:04 AM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: >> >> Since Ubuntu for my taste made a big step in the wrong direction, I'm >> thinking about an Arch audio distro that can be used by inexperienced >> users. > >> Isn't it to hard for ine

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 14:04 +0800, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > > > Since Ubuntu for my taste made a big step in the wrong direction, I'm > > thinking about an Arch audio distro that can be used by inexperienced > > users. > > > Isn't it to hard fo

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-18 Thread Vladimir Savchenko
> sometimes I'm thinking about an audio distro based on Arch. I'm > uncertain, if I'm really willing to spend my time to contribute to such > a distro and I've got no doubts, that I don't have the skills to do it > alone. > Probably, you can make a repo, where you would place some configuration fi

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-17 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Since Ubuntu for my taste made a big step in the wrong direction, I'm > thinking about an Arch audio distro that can be used by inexperienced > users. > Isn't it to hard for inexperienced users, musicians who aren't > interested in computer

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 01:19 +0800, Chris Down wrote: > "Audio distro" is not very descriptive and doesn't describe your > intent clearly. Are we talking about audio editing, audio playing, or > what? Audio production, as provided by e.g. Ubuntu Studio. On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 21:05 +0200, Karol Bla

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-17 Thread Karol Blazewicz
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 19:47 +0200, Karol Blazewicz wrote: >> I'm not sure why a separate distro would be needed, there's e.g. >> http://archaudio.org/ > > Thank you, > > I'm uncertain, if an audio distro is useful You can have a look at brand

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 19:47 +0200, Karol Blazewicz wrote: > I'm not sure why a separate distro would be needed, there's e.g. > http://archaudio.org/ Thank you, I'm uncertain, if an audio distro is useful and I'll take a deeper look into what already exists for Arch later. Unfortunately the lists

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-17 Thread Chris Down
On 2013-10-17 15:46, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > sometimes I'm thinking about an audio distro based on Arch. I'm > uncertain, if I'm really willing to spend my time to contribute to such > a distro and I've got no doubts, that I don't have the skills to do it > alone. "Audio distro" is not very descript

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-17 Thread Karol Blazewicz
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Sander Jansen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Karol Blazewicz > wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Ralf Mardorf >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > sometimes I'm thinking about an audio distro based on Arch. I'm >> > uncertain, if I'm really willing

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-17 Thread Sander Jansen
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Karol Blazewicz wrote: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > sometimes I'm thinking about an audio distro based on Arch. I'm > > uncertain, if I'm really willing to spend my time to contribute to such > > a distro and I've got

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro

2013-10-17 Thread Karol Blazewicz
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi, > > sometimes I'm thinking about an audio distro based on Arch. I'm > uncertain, if I'm really willing to spend my time to contribute to such > a distro and I've got no doubts, that I don't have the skills to do it > alone. > > I wonder, i

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro based on Arch Linux

2013-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 07:34 +0800, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > On Tue, 2013-02-12 at 22:15 +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote: > >> On 12 February 2013 20:05, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> > >> > Hi :) > >> > > >> > is there an audio distro based on Arch

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro based on Arch Linux

2013-02-12 Thread Anntoin Wilkinson
Here's a good tool for checking if your system is set up for audio: https://github.com/raboof/realtimeconfigquickscan Arch can be a very good distro for audio work - just test any updates. Regards, Anntoin

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro based on Arch Linux

2013-02-12 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2013-02-12 at 22:15 +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote: >> On 12 February 2013 20:05, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >> > Hi :) >> > >> > is there an audio distro based on Arch Linux, that already is rawly set >> > up for audio studio production

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro based on Arch Linux

2013-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-02-12 at 22:15 +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote: > On 12 February 2013 20:05, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > Hi :) > > > > is there an audio distro based on Arch Linux, that already is rawly set > > up for audio studio production. > > > > Another requirement for me is, that such a distro sh

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro based on Arch Linux

2013-02-12 Thread Martín Cigorraga
On 12 February 2013 20:05, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Ralf, if you build up the the system yourself remember to use a RealTime kernel for professional-grade audio performance. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pro_Audio

Re: [arch-general] Audio distro based on Arch Linux

2013-02-12 Thread Rashif Ray Rahman
On 12 February 2013 20:05, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi :) > > is there an audio distro based on Arch Linux, that already is rawly set > up for audio studio production. > > Another requirement for me is, that such a distro shouldn't cause or at > least only less inconsistencies, when using the Arch a