On 12/4/05, Christoph Eckert <ce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > With all the press about Ubuntu I'd imaginge it's > > worth a look, but I don't know who uses it for audio. > > I heard rumors that it's a bit hard to convert it into an audio machine, > but I also heard about people who have been very successful using it > for audio. I'm actually in the middle of attempting to do this with Ubuntu 5.10, "breezy badger." So far I've had no problems with finding applications, but getting a kernel that is suitable for low-latency operation was a bit of a hassle (I should note here that I have compiled my own kernel only once, so I have to have baby-steps instructions). I found this: http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/2.6.14_Vanilla I've followed these instructions, and turned on the preemptable kernel function in the kernel config, and so far so good. My hardware is crap, though - I haven't actually tried this on a decent computer yet, but I'm sure it would work better. As far as Ubuntu in general is concerned, I love it. I've used Slackware for a year or two in an attempt to learn as much as I could about linux, but end the end, I got tired of trying to make everything work. There is something wonderfully easy about the apt repositories. I fully recommend it. Josh
