[GTALUG] Seeking help with a unique Linux project?

Mon Jan 4 13:49:28 UTC 2016

Happy new year Blaise, everyone,
Now that I am back in professional groove, let me speak to a couple of 
these in  context.

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, Blaise Alleyne wrote:

> I don't think it'll make much of a difference for command line usage. The
> differences are more in the graphical desktop environments, packaging and
> distribution, etc.
This certainly makes sense, and as you discovered from my list of various 
command line programs for various music creation, they are largely in stable 
Debian distributions already.

> The reason I like KXStudio is that you can install the distribution on the
> machine, *or* you can just add the KXStudio repositories to a supported Debian
> or Ubuntu installation.
Again, you are the voice of practical reason.  granted,  I prefer 
installing the best Debian first then layering in the extras.  Some posts 
here in other therads though may suggest issues with Jessie.  I want this 
machine to automatically boot to the console, since i will not be using it 
directly.
If Jessie now makes this a challenge, what is the best  and least difficult 
solution?

>
> Since I was already using Debian (Jessie), it was convenient for me to just add
> the KXStudio repositories to my existing machine. (The only extra step was
> getting the Liquorix kernel, since the KXStudio repositories don't include a low
> latency kernel.) That way I could have all the stability and familiarity of
> Debian, but with up-to-date audio packages, and KXStudio assistance in
> optimizing configuration for real-time audio.

Stability is 10000% the goal here, I do not want to spend  or lose allot of 
time because things do not work well together.
I am simply not that solid in Debian and have never found locally in 
person training  in the operating system.

>
> I haven't tried AVLinux myself, but I don't think it'll be all that different

from Debian or KXStudio as for as command line access goes.
>
I am really feeling that it will be easiest to add the tools like kxstudio 
and the low latency kennel to a stable established Debian floor, 
booting into the console  assured I mean.

> ps I was scanning the discussion on LAU about this. I think F. Silvain is right
> that most of the differences between difference audio distributions aren't
> relevant for command line usage (
> ) , but he just overlooked a few things:
>
I might be wrong, but i believe Fanci is a woman, and by her own admission 
a hobbyist in music making not a professional.  Still as I said before there 
are   so many command line tools that   do the job, those may be best 
regardless.

> - package management, software updates: if you're familiar with Debian/Ubuntu,
> then you might prefer aptitude/apt-get to Arch's repository management, or vice
> versa. This is used for installing new packages, or getting updates to existing
> packages

but this is my point, I have absolutely zero experience updating packages 
in this way,  certainly no positive efforts.
I want to build this house for what I desire and keep using that house 
as long as possible without having to upgrade every time  Debian developers 
change their hair style if that makes sense.

  >
> - The audio distributions still might help with some of the configuration for
> low latency audio, and getting the latest pro audio packages. You could
> certainly make those adjustments manually in a non-audio distro, but if you
> haven't done it before, I still think it'd be worth going with something like
> AVLinux or KXStudio to reduce that learning curve and get started faster

Amen brother!
Kare

>>>>>>>> Kare
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 11 Dec 2015, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> At Software Freedom Day we had a great presentation on using Free
>>>>>>>> Software for Musical Performance by Blaise Alleyne. He was using
>>>>>>>> graphical tools for his performance, but has the Music-On-Linux part
>>>>>>>> covered. He may have expertise in command-line musical performance
>>>>>>>> tools too. I'll ping him with this message.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I wonder what it would take to convince Blaise to haul his studio
>>>>>>>> equipment up to the room at Ryerson to do his presentation for
>>>>>>>> GTALUG... :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --Bob.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SFDToronto:
>>>>>>>> http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2015/Canada/Toronto/LibrePlanet
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 10/12/15 07:17 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> greetings everyone, My name is Karen.  I have only recently found
>>>>>>>>>>> this LUG, and joined the talk list. I am a professional singer/
>>>>>>>>>>> songwriter and media producer with a unique Linux goal. I wish to
>>>>>>>>>>> make use of the varied console or command line based tools in Linux
>>>>>>>>>>> for my composition work, and if possible for accessing media
>>>>>>>>>>> materials too. I use adaptive technology, which is part of why my
>>>>>>>>>>> desire is to ssh telnet into my Linux box rather than work with it
>>>>>>>>>>> directly. I tend to prefer more traditional tools.  for example one
>>>>>>>>>>> sound card in this box will be an m-audio audiofile 2496
>>>>>>>>>>> production card to which I will be attaching my music keyboard. In
>>>>>>>>>>> any case while I have some of the tools I require, and firm
>>>>>>>>>>> knowledge that my goals are possible. I have not, at least not
>>>>>>>>>>> until now, found a Linux users group in Toronto where I can get the
>>>>>>>>>>> extra wisdom required. I am very used to Linux and UNIX based shell
>>>>>>>>>>> structures. I am using one at this moment  based in freedsb, to
>>>>>>>>>>> draft my email, and use another based in Ubuntu for my nonprofit
>>>>>>>>>>> media newsroom's hosting account. Such is also part of why I want
>>>>>>>>>>> to start with a comparative way to use my Linux box.  I would
>>>>>>>>>>> rather begin with a foundation where I can make use of and learn
>>>>>>>>>>> more right away, than fail to use the Linux box well at all. Let me
>>>>>>>>>>> be sure  my post is suitable before both asking and answering
>>>>>>>>>>> questions. Thanks in advance, Karen
>>>>>>>>>>>
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