Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Looking for a distro strategy
From: Joern Nettingsmeier (nettings_AT_folkwang-hochschule.de)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2004 - 21:53:27 EET
Greg Reddin wrote:
> With all the new releases of audio software of late and all the shift
> that's taking place among distros, I'm trying to devise a good
> upgrade path for my DAW.
>
> As it stands I'm running RedHat 9 with a patched kernel. I've
> installed all the audio software I use by building from scratch --
> downloading, compiling, and installing individual packages. At this
> point, it has taken so much work to get my system where it is that
> I'm loathe to upgrade it. Yet, with new versions of Rosegarden,
> Muse, Ardour, and Jack coming out lately, I'd really like to take
> advantage of those new features. OTOH, I'm worried that an upgrade
> can cause problems with work that is in progress.
given the price of harddisks nowadays, i'd say clone your system over to
a new and possibly larger and faster disk, and start fiddling. if things
go haywire, you can go back.
you might even set up your boot loader to allow you to boot either
system w/o the need to open the case.
-- "I never use EQ, never, never, never. I previously used to use mic positioning but I've even given up on that too." - Jezar on http://www.audiomelody.comJörn Nettingsmeier Kurfürstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server) http://www.linuxaudiodev.org (Linux Audio Developers)
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