Am 27.02.2013 19:46, schrieb Grekim Jennings: >> How difficult or even possible is it to start with a server core system >> and make it useable for a audio? >Very difficult. I guess, the advantage in speed one may get from an >custom-build minimalist system would need some 10 years to collect >enough seconds to bring back the time it takes to build the system in >the first place. >Why not just install a major distro plus audio-layer and run it with >Fluxbox or E or on tty? If I compare the performance of heavy >audio-setups under KDE4 and under Fluxbox on the same system I find it >hard to see any difference... Okay thanks. Well, I just installed Squeeze with only 'laptop' and 'system tools' packages selected. And....audio (usb/Audiobox) is working without any additional downloads, tweeks or anything. So obviously something was missing in the server install. Anyway, I'm just excited that this setup is looking good so far. >> I don't need a GUI/desktop for this. >> I installed Lubuntu server core to a usb flash drive. I added myself to >> the audio group, but my usb Audiobox does not seem to be working, >> although it is recognised with aplay -l. Should it work without any >> additional steps? >> I suppose I could build an Arch system, but I was pleasantly surprised >> by the performance of Ubuntu 12.04 (desktop) with the particular >> software I want to run and thought I would try an even more basic >> setup. Thanks! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user