On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 03:03:27PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
Jens M Andreasen hat gesagt: // Jens M Andreasen wrote:I've been using a standard SuSE 9.0 (2.4) for about six months now,
To reiterate the question: SuSE 9.0 or Mandrake 10.0?
and it performs very well for audio work. SuSE kernels normally
have (most of) the low-latency and pre-emption patches built-in
from the start. I don't know what SuSE did with the experimental
2.6 in 9.0 or the official 2.6 in 9.1.
I'd suggest checking out Gentoo. It takes longer to get your head around at first, but after that, experimenting with different kernels is really easy. And the gentoo packages work soooo well. Installing alsa and jack was as simple as typing "emerge alsa" etc. Ditto for the kernels because you can download kernel source packages for various kinds of customization including specifically for multi-media with the low latency and pre-emp patches applied already.
Iain
I have to second the gentoo vote. I searched distributions for a while for something that would meet the audio demands and gentoo really has met the need the best. Don't get me wrong, there is a steep learning curve, but it has been well worth it.
Larry Lines