From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7DEA07D1-9725-4544-A6C7-F789D12CAD49@pobox.com> References: <1253650446.7386@localhost> <4AB937E5.9090402@0x6a.com> <7DEA07D1-9725-4544-A6C7-F789D12CAD49@pobox.com> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:21:35 -0400 Message-ID: <8bd081200909240721u18d5ef19u8d4e550287f10460@mail.gmail.com> From: Patrick Kelly To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174c126687db730474538cd0 Subject: Re: [9fans] linux stats in last year from linuxcon Topicbox-Message-UUID: 76fae214-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --0015174c126687db730474538cd0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM, David Arnold wrote: > On 22/09/2009, at 4:47 PM, Jack Norton wrote: > > In the end I don't care what the linux devs do, but they need to come up >> with a game plan and either fork (server, desktop linux) or include it all >> and try and make everyone happy (the latter will end in chaos me thinks). >> > > There are several Linux distributions aimed at digital audio workstation > usage. They come with an appropriate kernel configuration/patchset (and > audio daemons). > Yes, but as I said, most of them haven't been updated in forever, and mostly run on hardware from 1-2 years ago (debian philosophy?) Gentoo seems to be the only one regularly updated, and keeping itself up to date. That or build your own kernel, with patches, which as stated, most musicians aren't going to want to do. If there is a distrobution thats still around and regularly updated, please, let us know. > > The notion that Linux should fork ignores the reality that most > distributions have different kernel configurations and source already. The > OpenMoko or Android kernel is quite different to that running on an SGI > Altix (and that's ignoring stuff like uClinux, RT-Linux, etc). > > > > d > > > --0015174c126687db730474538cd0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM, David Arnold <davida@pobox.com> wrote:
On 22/09/2009, at 4:47 PM, Jack Norton wrote:

In the end I don't care what= the linux devs do, but they need to come up with a game plan and either fo= rk (server, desktop linux) or include it all and try and make everyone happ= y (the latter will end in chaos me thinks).

There are several Linux distributions aimed at digit= al audio workstation usage. =A0They come with an appropriate kernel configu= ration/patchset (and audio daemons).
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Yes, but as I said, most of them haven't been updated in forever, = and mostly run on hardware from 1-2 years ago (debian philosophy?)
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Gentoo seems to be the only one regularly updated, and keeping itself = up to date. That or build your own kernel, with patches, which as stated, m= ost musicians aren't going to want to do.
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If there is a distrobution thats still around and regularly updated, p= lease, let us know.

The notion that Linux should= fork ignores the reality that most distributions have different kernel con= figurations and source already. =A0The OpenMoko or Android kernel is quite = different to that running on an SGI Altix (and that's ignoring stuff li= ke uClinux, RT-Linux, etc).



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