On Wednesday 08 July 2009,
paul.beaudoin@... wrote:
> I've been lurking for a while now and it is time. I have a copy of Studio
> to Go (V1.5)
containing what is now a pretty old version of Rosegarden.
A pretty old version of everything by now.
> I'll eventually need to update much of this (Jack and Aeolus primarily) I
> assume so a generic approach (if possible) would be useful
This is a common source of culture shock for people coming from the Windows
world.
Let's say your distro ships with Someapp 1.5 and Someapp has released 2.3.
You get notification that there is an update of Someapp available, and you're
expecting to be upgraded to 2.3, but what you get is a security patched
version of 1.5 instead.
Linux just has an entirely different distribution model, and you can't look at
upgrading single packages this way unless you're brave and very determined.
It's not impossible, but it's usually the road to frustration and disgust.
It rarely ends well, and the longer you persist with the practice, the
more
you dig yourself deeper and deeper into a hole.
Eventually you wind up with your own custom Linux From Scratch, you've had to
rebuild so many things from source code.
I learned this lesson as hard as anyone, and I was as stubborn about holding
onto my old way of thinking as long as anyone. Linux requires a complete
paradigm shift.
Since STG is dead and Fervent is out of business, you have no practical choice
but to install a modern studio-oriented distro. I haven't tried 64 Studio
myself, but when I get around to upgrading my copy of Ubuntu Studio LTS, if
it turns out the new one is as much of a train wreck as some reports have
lead me to fear it will be, I'll probably be jumping ship and heading to 64
Studio myself.
--
D. Michael McIntyre
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