PureDyne does look interesting, and being based on Ubuntu is a bit more
familiar to me as I use another Ubuntu distro (CAELinux) on my
engineering laptop. Have you tried using it for ambisonic/multichannel
work? Does it have the preferred 'bits' installed as standard? I am
still at the stage of
Try AVLinux http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html new release coming 15 August.
Avlinux is not so small but good for Audio, I use this one.
http://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=4t=6994 review of
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyStudio small good but a bit old ( 2011 ) but
probably good
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* Which distro(s) of Linux are most useful for surround sound
(Ambisonic) work? And
* Which (32-bit) distro of Linux is likely to be light enough for such
an ancient laptop?
Gerard Lardner
I've always like Dyne (now apparently puredyne) and 'played'
with it
Pesky things, bank holiday weekends; you end up looking into things that
should best be buried and forgotten. I was clearing out the cupboard in
my office at home recently and came across an old laptop. That got me
wondering if this could be a useful surround sound editing/recording
machine if a
