Thinking of installing Ubuntu Studio

[Luis de Bethencourt]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Gustin Johnson <gustin at echostar.ca> wrote:
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>  I do the same, and I have VMware Workstation installed.
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>  I only boot into the rt kernel when doing music work, though for midi
>  editing and about 80% of the audio tasks that I do, I don't need the rt
>  kernel.

You don't "need" it but there is no downfall of using it either.

Luis

>
>  Christopher Stamper wrote:
>  | You could just add the studio packages to a regular ubuntu install. I
>  | did, works fine.
>  |
>  | On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 7:07 PM, <hollunder at gmx.at
>  | <mailto:hollunder at gmx.at>> wrote:
>  |
>  |     On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:45:30 -0400
>  |     "Jayson Rowe" <jayson.rowe at gmail.com <mailto:jayson.rowe at gmail.com>>
>  |     wrote:
>  |
>  |      > Hi all - I'm a musician, and Ubuntu user. Back in my Mac days I was
>  |      > really "in to" using my computer for Music creation - mostly midi
>  |      > sequencing and some audio recording. I've also done a bit on
>  Windows,
>  |      > but it's been a while, and I'm just thinking of getting back
>  into it
>  |      > some  -  it was a great hobby for me then.
>  |      >
>  |      > I do have some concerns though - Is Ubuntu Studio to
>  "specialized" to
>  |      > also be useful for a general use workstation? I also use VMware
>  |      > Workstation heavily for my job, and from what I've read the RT
>  kernel
>  |      > will only HELP me there, so I'm thinking I should be OK.
>  |      >
>  |      > Anyone have an opinion otherwise?
>  |      >
>  |      > Thanks in advance!
>  |
>  |     In general the rt-kernel can be used for everyday work just as well,
>  |     the main concern would be, to my very limited knowledge, security,
>  |     because the kernel isn't that widely tested. It also consumes more
>  |     power.
>  |
>  |     You could add the normal kernel any time and just need that if you
>  |     don't need the realtime capabilities.
>  |
>  |     It shouldn't be a problem in any case.
>  |
>  |     Best Regards,
>  |            Philipp
>  |
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