On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:11 , Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> sent:

>On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:45:55 -0500
>"Jason Russler" jasonrussler@msn.com> wrote:
>> If you're frustrated with Windows DAW software then you haven't seen 
>> anything yet.  Linux is not, and will not be for some time, a suitable 
>> platform for any kind of production work.  If you're interested in 
>> development, experiment or you're a hobbyist, that's another thing.  
>> Otherwise, you're in for a world of hurt. 
>
>Wow, I couldn't disagree more.  I just moved my son from a Windows 
>environment over to Linux/Planet CCRMA with Ardour and Hydrogen as his
>primary tools, with some soft synth stuff thrown in as well.
>
>He's a LOT happier under Linux than he was under Windows, which crashed
>repeatedly and frustrated him to no end.
>
>That said, a lot of this stability is because we're on Fedora Core 1,
>which uses the rock-solid 2.4 kernel.  The 2.6 kernel is still, as has
>been pointed out, bleeding edge for low latency audio work.
>
>My suggestion for Jon would be to forget about 64-bit for now, and go
>with FC1 and the Planet CCRMA distribution based on the 2.4.26-1.ll.rh90.ccrma
>kernel and just be happy.  There's ISOs of them if network connectivity is
>lacking.
>
>I've been very happy with using reiserfs3 for the partitions I record to.
>


    I agree completely.  This is the same setup I have.  I'm running Ardour from
CVS and it's like the freaking energizer bunny - it just keeps going and going
and going.  No crashes in the last 6 months that I can recall.

Jan