How to get ubuntu studio from an ubuntu standard

[Scott Lavender]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Eric Hedekar <afterthebeep at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Scott Lavender <scottalavender at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Kenneth Koym <koymkg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ScottL, your statement boggles my mind. Could you rewrite it so it says
>>> what you mean to say. You ask the recipient to be careful --- okay. You talk
>>> about a real-time kernel and an older kernel. Then you say, "However,,, "
>>> What do you mean ScottL. Say it without all the extras!
>>>  Kenneth
>>>
>>
>>
>> Ubuntu and Ubuntu Studio include the 2.6.35 kernel in a default
>> installation in lucid (10.04).
>>
>> A real-time 2.6.35 kernel is not available in any of the official
>> repositories in Ubuntu.
>>
>> The linked documentation to upgrade to Ubuntu Studio suggests installing
>> the linux-rt package.
>>
>> The linux-rt pacakge for lucid (10.04) is a 2.6.31kernel with real-time
>> preemption.  Note that this is an older kernel version.
>>
>>
>> Therefore, if Aradnix complied absolutely with the documentation's
>> suggestions he would experience a regression in kernel version.
>>
>> Real-time preemption would be gained but the older kernel version (2.6.31)
>> may not include some particular hardware driver that was included in the
>> default installed kernel (2.6.35) included with Lucid.  This may or may not
>> be a problem depending on his hardware.
>>
>>
> Just a quick technicality correction Scott, Lucid 10.04 ships with the
> 2.6.32 kernel, not the 2.6.35.  The facts you state are true of the 2.6.32
> (no RT patch, etc...).
>
> It should also be noted that the audio portion of Ubuntu Studio 10.04
> includes the new PREEMPT kernel flavour of 2.6.32 which I've found to be
> suitable for audio work.
>
> -Eric
>

Thank you, Eric, you are completely correct!  I reported the wrong kernel
version for lucid.

I realize now that I checked the manifest for the maverick (10.10) ISO
instead of Lucid :(

Speaking of the PREEMPT kernel, do you remember if any kernel other than
-generic was going to be approved for the main repository?

ScottL
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