Re: [microsound] Linux audio PPC

[Michal Seta <mis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Nowak <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> There is little difference between what a PPC Fedora user and an x86
> Fedora user have to consider when doing audio work. Gnome, KDE, X,
> etc, aren't going to be any different really. 

true

> Besides, how many PPC
> users (aka Mac users in almost every case) would run Linux when they
> can run OS X? 

i used to be one!

> Not many I'd suspect, especially since many of the x86
> Linux audio apps won't run on the PPC platform.

and why not?  I have run most of the linux-sound.org listed aps on linux PPC.

> If you are interested in PPC Linux, I'd suggest YDL just because its
> so damn easy. CRUX is very bare-bones, but it can be a pain in the
> ass. You also can't install it to an external Firewire drive
> (easily). Ubuntu is lame (YDL is a better choice if you want an easy,
> large PPC distro). Gentoo is fine, nice ports system, but it may be
> overkill for most users. I'd suggest that since YDL is very
> Mac-centric, you could install it and get all your video and audio
> stuff working with little to no configuration. 

I had good success with debian and mandrake, too.

> Also, since YDL is
> Fedora-based, you may be able to use the CCRMA stuff (although I'm not
> sure why I'd want all that stuff on my system when I wouldn't use 98%
> of it anyway). 

CCRMA binaries will _not_ work, of course.  you have to get SRPMs and
recompile them all.  Probably still better than hunting for sources
one by one.

../MiS



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