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I got it running!!!

Thanks to help from some gurus at diyaudio.

I've done a few tests swapping back and forth between linux and W7+jplay. When both are just compared flat to each other, they are pretty much indistinguishable. But if you use hibernate with jplay it pulls ahead easily. I also installed jplay 5.0b and it is a clear gain again over 4.3.


So for now at least, the W7/jplay combo still rules for me anyway. Linux could easily catch up I think though if someone put in the time and effort to offer a truly optimised system. BTW, all the linux geeks are falling over themselves to rubbish ap-linux. Just so yis know.


Fran

Well done,Fran, your inquiring mind never fails. Windows 8 should extend the gap further.Did you get Jplay V5b working on 2PC setup?
KM

Nope, single pc set up so far..... That's for another night! I have a serious q lined up in front at the moment - starting with boxing up a stunning little dac (spdif input) that is just a joy to hear and it needs a box.


Fran

Can I bitch a little?

Jaysus the whole Linux setup - talk about tough. You think the bits are bits brigade are tough on new developments? Well they are down on this ap-Linux like a ton of bricks. They recommend not using it, reckoning the guy behind it has all based it on a false premise, offers nothing that others already do, and he has ads on his site for gawds sake!

They recommend lbuntu instead. Sometime I'll try that too.....

Fran

They recommend lbuntu instead. Sometime I'll try that too.....

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For godsakes Fran move with the times. My son is 11 and will only use Ubuntu. Where have you been? Any programming issues just mail me and I will pass them on to my student. In our house it is a bit like the american guy who was caught playing games in work while paying a guy in china to do all his work.

Seriously if there is some dodgy task to be done just send it to me and I will get child labour on it straightaway, Of course I will have to charge you celtic tiger rates to cover my costs i.e his college educamation.

Ah, I had Ubuntu running here for a long time and it was grand. Apparently Lbuntu is a stripped down version - does it sound better? Dunno.

Jplay still king atm. One of the problems with Linux I think is because it's free, no one will pay for anything and as a result no premium stuff gets built for it. It's lots of stuff done by geeks for geeks (nobody think I have anything against geeks - I kinda am one!) so there's a lack of drive for user friendliness.

Other thing too:the pc I used for the comparison was an old P4 based one.


Fran

The old P4 based computer is perfect for streaming Jplay to your state-of-the-art MusicPC.

Fran wrote:One of the problems with Linux I think is because it's free, no one will pay for anything and as a result no premium stuff gets built for it. It's lots of stuff done by geeks for geeks (nobody think I have anything against geeks - I kinda am one!) so there's a lack of drive for user friendliness.
Fran

I used to use Linux a lot until about 10 years ago. At the time it didn't usually have sound (never mind audiophile sound!): it took some nightmarish hacking (which I never succeeded in getting right) or a paid-for program (anathema in the Linux world) to get sound out of your computer. Eventually I gave up using Linux for two reasons:

1. I had found acceptable Windows ports of the Unix programs I needed and
2. I realised that I was spending an awful lot of my time in Linux fighting to make things work which just worked in Windows without my having to think about them!

I wonder has anyone tried http://vortexbox.org/content/134-About-VortexBox

which is a full linux music system ..

"...
VortexBox is a free, open source (GPL v3), quick-install ISO that turns your unused computer into an easy-to-use music server/jukebox. Once VortexBox has been loaded on an unused PC, it will automatically rip CDs to FLAC and MP3 files, ID3 tag the files , and download the cover art. Vortexbox will then serve the files to network media players such as Logitech Squeezebox, Sonos, or Linn. The music files can also be streamed to a Windows or Mac OSX system.
..."

I looked into installing it a while back but I gave up when I found it would not support dual boot with windows.

I assume the best way to use it as a stand-alone system is to install a good sound card in the pc

james

There is a review on tnt-audio this week ...

http://www.tnt-audio.com/sorgenti/audio ... nux_e.html