Noel and Rharv.

well done. as you know ive used bb/rb combo for years.
(and powertracks before rb still a great deal imho.).

sooo.....what i'm pondering is...
'what conditions have to occur to necessitate a rebuild
in rb' ?? because i dont think in rb ive had to do a rebuild.
in bb of course.
as we know both rb and bb are choc full of features.
so i'm wondering is the rebuild in rb needed due to how the user chooses to originally install the pg apps ??...
OR due to some feature.

whatever the case i feel there needs to be a RB FAQ issued by pg re solving this issue (ie the rebuild) in case a new user like BYOBman comes across it ??

as a matter of interest Noel and Rharv...what install option do you choose for pg apps and rt content etc ??
i always choose now minimal install...which...for me..works great.
in my testing ive found no reason not to do this as the pc processors and usb bus transfer speeds and new m.2 performance is so speedy these days.
(old clunky pc's different of course depending on the pc.)
what i mean is operating direct off a m.2....
(copy of shipped drive which i store away)
gens here with such minimal install option selected in pg installer i find are blink of an eye.

given the above this raises the important question when is it to the advantage of a user to select one install option in the pg installer over another ?
eg full blown C drive install versus minimal install.
my thinking is it might be nice if pg laid out such advantages...thus clarifying things for new users.

in my case i like the minimal install option for the basic reason
if i have the whole kitchen sink (pg apps/content) on the C drive where
win os resides there might be a possibility of win interrupting to execute some process of its own...
(which many people used to report lead to audio 'stutters'..but whether this is the case with fast ssd c drives these days might not be as much of a concern unless the pc is also the net...which is why i keep my production pc off the net...and use a seperate pc for the net...)
as i said for new users i think guidance is needed re the advantage of each install option in the pg installer.

what are your thoughts re the above ??
what install options do you choose ??
do you think guidance and faq's is needed re the above from pg ??

(ps...on the subject of the net it used to be standard that recording studios kept their production pc's off the net for lots of reasons...but i find today lots of new project studios doing everything but the kitchen sink off one pc. not for me thanks due to concerns re viruses/running program impacts/os impacts etc etc.)

happiness.

om

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