For a video nle it's not that important, For audio production there are definate advantages. Sometimes rt kernels don't play nice with nvidia drivers I've heard.. Look at http://64studio.com/ Daniel
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Cory K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > leandro ribeiro wrote: > > Hi there! > > > > When I switched to Linux I dedicated myself a little bit to knowing > > the OS. At the present moment, I just want to use it to get some work > > done and stop tweeking with config files. I was installing Linux Mint > > in my wife's computer (she still lived in a Windows box) and kind of > > fell in love with it: it's easy, clean and out-of-the-box functional. > > OpenSuse 11.0 is a bit over the top and was getting me tired, so I > > thought I would change myself to Linux Mint also. > > > > But then I read a forum about Linux Mint not having a Realtime or Low > > Latency kernel, and that such thing would be of interest to any > > video/audio editor. It seams Ubuntu Studio comes compiled with such > > kernel. > > > > So my questions are: is Linux Mint a bad choice to run Cinelerra (and > > other video editing software)? Is Ubuntu Studio a good choice? What on > > earth is a Low Latency or Realtime kernel and why should I cross the > > street to say hello to it? > > > > Thanks :) > > Leandro > > I would go so far as to say it doesn't matter here. > > I would say go for something Ubuntu based only because there's alot of > focus to get working packages there. Like akirad's repo. > > You could use Studio as a base and not select the other tasks on install > and add what you want later. That will give you a very slim base. This > all depends on your use-case. > > -Cory K. > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra >
