<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:33 AM, Fritz Meissner <<a href="mailto:meissner.fritz@gmail.com">meissner.fritz@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Which, if you will forgive the long preamble, brings me to my question : if I download the current build of Studio, will it include the benefits of jack being in main so that I can test PA and a number of apps on my hardware and give feedback, or is this work still in progress. If it is still happening, do you have any idea when it will make sense to start trying it out ? Fritz - </blockquote></div> Fritz, Hi again, and thanks for hanging out a while at #ubuntu-studio-devel on IRC! We really appreciate it when people stop by and share their thoughts and help. I poked around a bit and have some answers (correct ones also I think) about Pulse Audio and JACK integration in Lucid. Since the transition of JACK into the main repositories there have been a number of applications that now have been built with JACK support in Lucid, notably Pulse Audio. Therefore, if you were to download the latest Alpha image you can test that integration. You can find it here: <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/10.04/alpha-3/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/10.04/alpha-3/</a>. Please note that I am currently suggesting that the Alpha ISO is used instead of the daily build AT THIS TIME. Normally you could test daily builds, which are found here, <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/daily/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/daily/</a>, but we are currently experiencing a slight problem with the daily builds at this time. So, it is recommended, again AT THIS TIME, to test the slightly older Alpha 3 build. A note about testing Pulse Audio and JACK integration: It is my understanding that starting JACK via qjackctl will suspend Pulse Audio by running pasuspender. This was the methodology that allowed JACK to serve sound with Pulse Audio installed before Pulse Audio was built with JACK support. I don't know if this is the case, I will test this tonight and report what I find. I have been told by some of the Ubuntu Studio developers that JACK2, which uses dbus, will be a far more elegant solution because it will allow Pulse Audio and JACK2 to negotiate per device. Lastly, I wanted to mention a few points about testing. All are encouraged to report their testing when trying out Alpha, Beta and Release Candidate (RC) ISOs at <a href="http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com./qatracker/build/ubuntustudio/all">http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com./qatracker/build/ubuntustudio/all</a>. Let us know if the installation went well or if you had problems. If you have problems be sure to report a bug and link that bug in the ISO report. Here is a good example/tutorial: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures</a> Additionally, all Ubuntu Studio users are not only encouraged to test the Alpha, Beta and RC ISOs but also to join the Ubuntu Studio Testers Team. You can find information here: <a href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-testers">https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-testers</a>. Come help us not only test Ubuntu Studio but also help develop and refine codified testing procedures. Once again, thank you for your involvement. Regards, ScottL