> but from my experience at least, > Mandrake's kernel is the most patched. That could well be true, outside the specialist distros. > At least RedHat's default kernels in > RH8 have low latency. I don't think a default kernel in a general purpose distro would ever satisfy the serious audio user - too many conflicts with the needs of server owners? I'm keen to give the Mandrake 9.1 multimedia kernel a go - looks like it's got all the features we'd need, including capabilities. > If you want to use the latest version of ALSA, you still need to have > kernel sources and the like handy. Sure, but most users are going to stick with whatever version comes with the distro, if their soundcard works. > I would rather have a > vanilla kernel source for a default distro kernel, and patch it myself, > rather than having a kernel pre-patched with stuff I won't want. You can, because you know how - isn't free software great? Cheers Daniel
