Re: [LAU] The perfect distro for linux audio...

From: Roger E <gurusonic@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Nov 25 2008 - 16:20:24 EET

david wrote:
> Roger E wrote:
>
>
>> david wrote:
>>
>>> Crypto wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> There are very good reasons to have a closer look at sidux. Amongst
>>>> other things: there are packages for dssi-vst, RT kernel, Rosegarden
>>>> etc. which can be installed conveniently via apt-get.
>>>>
>>> I understand Sidux is an attempt to make a usable distro out of
>>> Debian's Unstable repository. I've used it, it's a great distro. Only
>>> drawback I know of is that if you do an upgrade, it becomes pure
>>> Debian Unstable - which sometimes can be very very unstable!
>>>
>>>
>> That is why Sidux has the smxi script for upgrades. The developers keep
>> a constant watch on upgrades and smxi will put a hold on anything that
>> breaks, thereby stabilizing the unstable. I highly recommend using smxi
>> rather than standard upgrade/dist-upgrade for Sidux. It's probably the
>> best feature of Sidux.
>>
>
> Cool - I didn't know about the smxi script. The times I've run Sidux,
> I've liked it very much.
>
>
To install smxi:
cd /usr/local/bin && *wget* techpatterns.com/smxi.zip
<http://techpatterns.com/smxi.zip> && unzip smxi.zip && smxi

info:
http://techpatterns.com/forums/about736.html
http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-24.html
http://smxi.org/docs/navigation.htm
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