On February 18, 2019 6:16:32 AM HST, Will Godfrey wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:12:20 -1000 > david wrote: > > >On 2/17/19 1:01 PM, Len Ovens wrote: > >> On Sun, 17 Feb 2019, djdualcore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> > >>> So, what is the general recommendation for people who want to work > > >>> with audio on > >>> a laptop that isn't necessarily dedicated to audio? > >> > >> My personal recomendation is whatever with xfce. I don't think it > >> matters if it is debian or redhat (or whatever). XFCE seems to be > the > >> lowest resource user for a desktop that the average user will feel > >> comfortable with. My wife and sons use xubuntu with no complaint > and I > >> have had no trouble running audio. Yes, I have added some tweaks > but > >> honestly, I don't think anyone even halfway serious about audio > should > >> expect to do at least some tweaking of a system. > >> > >> - find out which USB port to use > >> - real time and memory locking permissions > >> - swappiness > >> - no boost > >> - performance mode > >> - no hyperthread > >> - etc. > > > >Yet on my i7 laptop, audio works with hyperthreading just fine. > > > >It is in performance mode, though. I think keeping a steady clock is > >more important for RT audio than the number of threads. > > The biggest problem I find with laptops is that they stick all USB > ports on > the same internal hub, even though the underlying system supports 5 or > 6. Grrr! My System76 Galapagos (older model, not the current one) has 2 internal hubs - a USB3 and a USB2. The four actual ports are color coded to show which is which. I hang my external drive and sound card on the USB3. Everything else (keyboard/trackball, an external USB2 hub) go on the USB2 ports. It works far better at low latency than the desktop system's internal Intel audio! -- David W. Jones gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
