> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:59 PM, jm jones <
juanmjv@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, usually I install the 64 bits version of, but the last time, I
>> dont remember why : ) (maybe to avoid any problems) I installed the 32
>> bits version of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Is a repo of pd-extended for 10.04
>> available?
>> And about the 32 vs 64 bits, what are your choices? And what about
>> distros? Pure:dyne seems more lightweight with his xfce desktop,
>> however I have a good processor (core 2 duo intel e7200) and 2gb of
>> ram, planning an update to 6gb, so I dont know if xfce is a must for
>> me.
>> Im a "veteran" gnu/linux user, but the last years I was using OS X and
>> W7 for music making. In Linux I want to use pd, Renoise (its available
>> as 64 bits too), and wine for some vsts.
>>
>
> Hi There,
>
> I'm sort of a veteran too (started on IBM AIX in 1992, used Red Hat for a
> long time, then went back to Windows 98, later XP, which i gave up finally a
> few years ago).
> I'm using vanilla Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit with Gnome (and 2GB of memory), and my
> impression is that it's not the WM that makes things slow, but in the case
> of Pd, it's Pd itself. Read the archives on GUI<->core communication and
> Tcl/Tk weirdnesses. The 64-bit version of Pd is quite tidy now, well
> actually there was a time when it seemed to me a bit slower than the 32-bit
> version, but AFAIK there's no reason for that any more (?)
> With a decent CPU and that huge amount of RAM you (will) have, it really
> cannot be a question of WM whatsoever. Of course, the system has to be tuned
> for realtime, undisturbed audio usage, which may include getting rid of
> eye-candy functions, but i never experienced a problem with those. After
> all, they use openGL, don't they?
> The same stands for pure:dyne; at the core it's a linux kernel, and what you
> install on (or remove from) the top, it's up to you.
> The only thing i'm missing here on 64-bit is the RT kernel. Once i find a
> nice quick way, i'll grab it, but i'm not really into home-brewing my
> kernel. :)
>