OK, on a roll! David Merrill's Audiopint got mentioned before on this list, since it's a headless box running Linux + PD. Fantastic project, very well-documented! Here's his install instruction for Ubuntu Edgy:
http://audiopint.org/docs/install He suggests mounting /var and /tmp on a ramdisk using /etc/fstab. Couldn't be simpler! Where did people suggest to get ITX boards, if mini-itx.com is so unreliable? best, d. Derek Holzer wrote: > Come to think of it, are there any Linux distros for x86 architectures > which don't use this multi-user/networked server paradigm and instead > follow the "embedded" model more closely? This would be very interesting > for exactly the situations I describe, where you would want the computer > to behave more like a dedicated DSP unit or something similar, which > just gets switched on and off with the mains like everything else in the > rack without fooling around with screen, mouse or keyboard. I suppose a > pushbutton wired to a "shutdown" script might do the trick too, but I'd > rather go with something more bulletproof and requiring less attention. > > best, > d. > > Derek Holzer wrote: >> The whole idea of read-only is for two reasons: >> >> 1) To protect the HD in case of unexpected shutdowns (which could happen >> nightly in a typical museum situation) >> 2) To preserve the CF memory, which has a limited number of write >> cycles, in the case of a HD-less system >> >> If the computer needs to be networked, then you might be moving away >> from the situation I have in mind, mainly an audio/video system in a >> gallery or museum. Another situation for this would be a "headless" >> computer for live stage performance, where you would often be powering >> it up and down like any other effects unit or sound module. (Unless >> you're one of those weirdos that likes typing on the laptop in front of >> crowds...) > -- derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista ---Oblique Strategy # 112: "Magnify the most difficult details" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
