[ubuntu-studio-users] 13.o4
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zukeprime at gmail.com
Wed Sep 4 18:06:25 UTC 2013
On 09/04/2013 09:30 AM, Gord L Williams wrote:
> Okay dudes, I have a perfect install of 13.o4 with everything working.
> Do you want me to try the upgrade, or just wipe it and install clean?
> ?--?
> ?Alex Armani - IT Consultant / Digital Musician?
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>
> Alex, I use LTS versions only, which are supported for a longer
> cycle. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS Although they lack the latest
> software, as in bleeding edge, they are stable as they get. I would
> suggest 12.04 LTS if you want to rock out for a while. 13.04 and
> anything non LTS has a shorter support cycle, and usually when they
> fix it another version catches the attention of everyone and off they
> go, to an extent.
>
> If your purpose is recording like mine is, you can add the latest
> Ardour or Mixbus fairly easily to this stable base. All other
> software is also subject to update, as well. In this way your
> wanting for little. Sometimes a software requires the latest version
> of the libraries (linux programs rely on them and often aren't
> compiled in the same way windows programs are, and can be a bit more
> painful, Windows programs will update the libraries at install - .net
> is one of them for instance.)
>
> The point is there is a decision to be made in most cases between
> bleeding edge and stable. I opt for stable obviously and upgrade only
> what I absolutely need. The alternative is to look for distributions
> that have done it for you. Ubuntustudio is one, KXStudio is another
> and Dreamstudio is probably the most augmented in terms of software.
> Dreamstudio comes with the latest Ardour, no need to install it. But
> going the route of installing a distribution can be rather uneven in
> that respect. Distributions pick the software, and for instance I
> have no idea what to do with Cinelerra or if I will do something with
> it. Maybe if I do some local stuff on video. Mostly I am voiceover
> by remote. Not my precise purpose, see what I mean?
>
> For digital music, your probably fine with Ubuntustudio. Me I am a
> voice over artist and tend to tear down or erase a lot of the synth
> stuff as it does not apply. I do a little photography, so I keep that.
>
> I suppose I just can't find an ideal distribution without what many
> call 'bloat'. I tried at one point to go with a plain ubuntu
> distribution and customize it, but that got off the rails rather
> quickly. From what I see you might be able to manage it, and that may
> be the ultimate route for you.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
Gord, I could be off the mark here...but I believe he was asking about
testing Studio 13.10, which was announced a little earlier in the list.
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