On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 08:42 -0700, Tim Howard wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I need some advice (OK, a lot of advice) on what to do with my Linux > installation. > > Right now I am running FC3 + PlanetCCRMA, and I'm enjoying it a lot. > I'm using Ardour, Hydrogen, and a few other JACK compliant apps. > However, I have a few reasons for wanting to reinstall and/or upgrade > my distro. > > #1 I recently got some new hard drives which I would like to install. > #2 FC5 has just been released, and I'm curious to see what it's like. > #3 I tried to upgrade glibc on my current installation, and I <ahem> > "broke" it. I have pieced it back into a functioning system again, > but I doubt it will ever quite be the same. > > My first question is: Do I want to go to FC5? I don't think > PlanetCCRMA has anything for it yet, but I'm thinking of running it > OOTB. Is it usable for some simple use of JACK and friends? I hear > that it wouldn't have low latency. Is this true, and does that affect > me if I'm only recording one or two tracks at a time? > > Any help on this would be appreciated! The kernel that comes with FC5 is not going to give you the best performance. I'll release stuff in (hopefully) a week. I do have a kernel and the low level support stuff but there's a Festival happening here at CCRMA in a few days and I won't have _any_ time till it's over. Stay tuned to the Planet CCRMA mailing list... -- Fernando
