<div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/21 Malcolm Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@thesmith.org.uk">lists@thesmith.org.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 04:58:39PM +0100, Steve Clark wrote:<br>
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> I'm also interested in suggestions on a good distro to use for audio work.<br>
> There are a fair few out there. I want something that is going to have things<br>
> like a real time kernel and make it easy to set up Jack.<br>
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64Studio is (IIUC) more stable than UbuntuStudio, and the new v3.0 (out real<br>
soon now) is based on Ubuntu repositories. I've never tried PlanetCCRMA, etc.<br>
Other than that, Gentoo seems like a good option to keep up with the rapid<br>
development.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>64Studio is looking like the favourite at the moment. I'll have to use the 386 version as the target PC is my old Duron 1200. I'll probably risk the V3.0 beta.<br><br>I already scrounged some hard drives for the PC as the old IBM 'Deathstar' died a while back. I was going to install them, but found I was short of a cable. I think I got rid of them in my recent clear-out, but I expect I can find someone with a spare.<br>
<br>It still seems hard to find good articles on Linux audio production. Dave Phillips at Linux Journal is probably the best authority on the subject<br><br><a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/taxonomy/term/14">http://www.linuxjournal.com/taxonomy/term/14</a><br>
<br>I've been getting suggestions on the #opensourcemusicians IRC channel on Freenode. Only a few people there, but very helpful. I've also been discussing recording on a general guitar forum, but the only suggestion so far there was to use Windows. I want to avoid that if possible.<br>
<br>Perhaps by the next meeting I will have something to report. I may even be able to do a 5 minute talk.<br><br>-- <br>Steve<br>