Better late than...

[mdlbear]

I actually got a couple of things done today (surprise, surprise). First, I finished mounting all the pieces of my new recording system. You'll notice I didn't say "packaging" -- said pieces are all mounted "open-face" on a plastic clipboard, using 4-40 screws, standoffs, threaded rod, and a little bit of wishful thinking. However, the new motherboard booted up with the old hard drive, which is now the only moving part in the whole system. It's quiet, which is a Good Thing in a recording system. If the sound of the disk drive gets noticable, I'll go to a CF card. It really needs a re-install based on Etch.

The other thing I did was put up web pages for the two future albums: Amethyst Rose and Hackers' Heaven. Mainly because I promised myself and the Net that I would have them up by now. Two days late, and lacking even preliminary songlists, but better late than nothing.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Etch, and not Dapper Drake? One wonders....

[mdlbear]

I need the low-latency kernels from DeMuDi, which is based on Debian. Plus the fact that Debian is what I use everywhere else these days. Ubuntu is much too desktop-oriented for my taste, and in any case I don't think they deal too well with VIA CPU's. For the C3's, at least, I find myself having to use kernels built for 386.

[mdlbear]

There's also the fact that I have a Debian mirror both at home and at work. It's amazing how fast you can install Debian over gigabit ethernet. Or even 100MHz.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. Minimal Debian ought to take about 3-4min in the download phase over GigE. (Based on $PREVIOUSCOMPANY doing full-house "Everything" Fedora Core 4 installs in 10... )