[lug] RTOS -music to my ears

[David Morris]

On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 06:37:18PM +0000, mikeslugs at attbi.com wrote:
> 
>     I'm putting together a home recording studio.  Naturally, I'm looking in to 
> Linux for the OS.  I have heard nothing but good things about Linux and 
> professional audio/video editing/mastering.  Found a few interesting software 
> projects out on freshmeat that look like they could be very helpfull.  Seems 
> like there is some real speed potential here, but the distros I've tried are 
> just too "loaded" to be quick enough.  RH, SW, MDK, all are great dissies, but 
> I need real dedicated speed!  
>     Anyone know how to really speed things up for a music studio mixing machine 
> on Linux?  Suggestions on what distros/software (if any) are good to use?  
> Topic for soon-to-be discusion (hopefully)... RTOS/Produce.  No, not veggies! 

If you are looking for a standard Distro, use Debian.  It
starts out small and you add on from there.  Just only use
what you need, and that will be about as fast as you can get
a system to run with a standard distro.

For a bit of a speed increase, you can re-compile the kernel
for your system, remove un-needed pieces, and perhaps add in
a few patches....but this will not be a huge increase as
most of the system is still compiled for a generic x86
system, not yours.

The real solution to get the maximum possible speed is to
compile *everything*...which cannot easily be done with a
standard distribution.  There is, however, a distro
dedicated to this.  I, unfortunately, cannot recall the name
off the top of my head, but I'm certain someone else on the
list will be happy to fill in the blank.

Of course, as someone lese noted, there is the question of
drivers for specialized hardware most AV editing
requires....that is a sepperate issue.

--David