Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > > 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 > Thanks a bunch, Fernando! I just realized last night that my system (FC5 OOTB + Jack and Ardour) has about 42ms of latency, which I don't think qualifies as low latency... I do really like FC5, though. We'll stay tuned for a kernel release! -TimH
