cool, so it seems I dont need to bother with "hardcore configuring" using a "not so easy one" like slackware? I'll give this Shumamis a try, but I don't see ardour there though. Did you install this on a mac? I'm downloading the 64 bit version. I got a previous generation macbook air. Dual core i7 1.8GHz. 4GB Ram
cheers 2013/5/30 Esteban Viveros <[email protected]> > >> Maybe I can be wrong, but to work with pd in realtime performances you >> will need a kernel patched with rt features. At least low-latency kernel. >> >> I'm start to do a little distro (Ubuntu 12.04.2 based) it in portuguese. >> You can try it. Shumamis Linux Light have included with qtractor DAW and >> Ardour 3 is very easy to install. >> http://shumamisll.tumblr.com/ >> >> This distro is a remaster of a DreamStudio: >> http://www.dickmacinnis.com/dreamstudio/ >> >> If you don't like Unity windows manager, you can use KXstudio: >> http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/ >> >> All these distros use KXStudio repositories, and have low-latency kernels >> preconfigured. >> If you need a realtime kernel, you can install easily. All these 3 >> distros are Ubuntu 12.04 LTS based. >> >> With Jack, at now, I don't have problems using Shumamis Linux Light. >> >> Regards >> >> >> 2013/5/30 Alexandre Torres Porres <[email protected]> >> >>> > One very big advantage on Linux is >>> > the possibility to run Pd with hassle-free jack >>> >>> I'm ok with soundflower for that matter, although jack is more powerful >>> than soundflower... >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> >>> 2013/5/30 Lorenzo Sutton <[email protected]> >>> >>>> On 30/05/13 22:43, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi there, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems Pd runs smoother in >>>>> Linux than in any other OS, is that right? >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps some of you have run benchmarks for it with the same machine >>>>> and >>>>> diferente Operational Systems. I was curious to try myself. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Can't comment extensively on that. I use Pd on Linux, used it on >>>> windows and once on OSX. >>>> >>>> One very big advantage on Linux is the possibility to run Pd with >>>> hassle-free jack, in turn easy multichannel. >>>> Not only - jack means you can directly record into a DAW (e.g. Ardour), >>>> again with multiple 'virtual' channels if you want. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Now, is there a "best linux" for Pd? Maybe one that allows you to tweak >>>>> in a little more to have insanely low latencies? >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, the whole point and interest is to try and reach an absurdly >>>>> optimized latency and CPU load. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Not sure about insane values, but I'm happy with debian now. Although I >>>> do very little live stuff these days. I think Pd-extended development is >>>> mostly done on debian, but I may be wrong on that. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Now that I got myself a Raspberry Pi (my first linux) I wanna enjoy the >>>>> opportunity/motivation to broaden my linux usage to my regular laptops. >>>>> >>>>> I use macs by the way. Don't know if that is an issue. Like being next >>>>> to an impossible task to install a nice hardcore ("the best one") linux >>>>> distribution in it. >>>>> >>>>> I've seen that recently Linux has been able to work (poorly at least) >>>>> with Thunderbolt. I have an RME Multiface that seems to works well on >>>>> linux. Since newer macbooks lost the PCI slot, all that I'm missing is >>>>> that my thunderbolt to PCI slot adapter works in Linux. That'd be >>>>> cool, >>>>> to run it on my macbook air, on linux... but I digress. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Can't comment on those. >>>> >>>> Lorenzo. >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> [email protected] mailing list >>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/** >>>> listinfo/pd-list <http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Esteban Viveros >> >> (27) 8815 7170 | (27) 3066 0359 | (11) 95761 4125 | (11) 2738 7868 >> >> http://shumamisll.tumblr.com >> >> https://www.facebook.com/estebanviveros.art >> >> http://expurgacao.art.br >> >> >
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