Re: [linux-audio-user] info about demudi

venerdì, 24 febbraio 2006 alle 12:17:03, emanuele ..:: www.rumoridifondo.com ::.. ha scritto:
> i'm think to switch from mandriva to a more specific distribution for
> audio with linux. so i would like to try demudi.

> does demudi need any kind of configuration after his installation
> process (like kernel patch, etc. etc.) or it is yet well configured by
> default?

It should be "ready to rock" out of the box, apart from hw or
installation problems. Putting some simple lines into your sources.list
let you access the full debian repository (and you definitely want this)

> and what about planetCCRMA?

Excellent package too. Once installed on top of fedora should be fully
functional and requires no additional configuration too.

> what is for you the best between demudi and planetCCRMA?

I've some experience on both, I've used for three years the planet on a
Red hat 8.0 installation, then switched to DeMuDi.

DeMuDi has its own install cdrom, while planetCCRMA runs on top of
fedora. I changed mostly because I like more debian than red hat, I
think that dist-upgrades are better handled by debian, and that in
general you get a more maintenable system over the years. However,
debian has its own perversions, and if you want to be "stable" you are
left a bit behind the "bleeding edge". I've found easier to compile
things from sources on debian than in red hat (once you learn a little
apt-voodoo ;) - but this can be just me...

On the other side, I admit that Fedora/RedHat + planetCCRMA can be
easier to get into for a newbie or a person coming from windows and not
wanting to read too much manuals. The planet also has more packages
than DeMuDi (video packages, for example, or the "common" suite: clm,
cm, cmn). Some object to the "user friendly" argument (see for example
Tim's newbie story: http://demudi.agnula.org/wiki/NewbieStory)

Speaking of applications, you get a very similar experience since our
beloved sofwares run the same wathever the distribution, it's mostly a
matter of choosing what system you like more.For example fedora
is more oriented towards GUI tools for system administration, debian is
more text based.

The short answer is: the best one is the one you like more :)

The problem is that you don't know it in advance :)

So, I suggest to try them both :)

> thanx
> bye
> emanuele

Ciao

PS: and oh, very very very big BIG thanks to Fernando Pablo Lopez
Lezcano adn Free Ekanayaka, the people behind these two great
projects.

PPS: and no, DEMuDi isn't dead, there's a lot of activity going on on
the debian-multimedia mailing list (because DeMuDi is _not_ a different
thing than debian) and things are getting interesting...

-- 
Emiliano Grilli
Linux user #209089 
http://www.emillo.net