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Glen MacArthur had put an end to what for me is the best multimedia distro available to date. However, the excellent feedback received by Av Linux 6.0, a distro based on Debian Squeeze with LXDE as a graphical environment, has made him release a latest update in the form of Av Linux 6.0.1 |
Interestingly, I found out about its publication the same day that I resurrected a rather limited PC that had version 6 of this system.
Everything works perfectly, even with a very normal Creative X-Fi card. JACK starts up smoothly, holding steady for hours while I play Guitarix and the plethora of IR files Glen included in the distro's "extra goodies."
We can also launch Hydrogen Drum Machine in "auto mode", starting JACK if necessary, or change the server latency from the applications (read Guitarix) without major problem ... Everything is feasible in another distro (one of the few that includes Ardor-VST ), but the performance of a newly installed AvLinux is noteworthy. I have not yet installed this latest version but my fingers are already burning ...
You can see all the changes in this link. The big news are:
- Kernel 3.6.11.2
- All dependencies to compile Ardor3 (previously obtained from a Wheezy repository). Recall that Ardor has moved to monthly update cycles.
- Guitarix 0.27.1
- Mixbus 2.3 (demo).
- SoundVisualizer 2.0
- Rakarrack (guitar effects processor).
- Hardvid, to add the video timeline to Ardor.
- LibreOffice 4.0.3
- New global menu for OpenBox.
- And more: new plugins, more drumkits for Hydrogen, updated manual ...
Of course, there is a 42 minute video in Vimeo, but I leave you a shorter one: