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Re: [microsound] DeMuDi (Linux distro)



Yes, the low-latency kernel is really the key element of the DeMuDi distro for me, the rest are just downloadable packages. I've got Debian installed but I'm still new to Linux, so maybe there could be a twiki page devoted to step-by-step optimizing a Debian (or other) kernel and adding the ALSA drivers? It seems the DeMuDi project just involves a few modifications you can do on your own, if only you're comfortable with gathering the sources needed and recompiling the kernel...

Thanks,
David

From: derek holzer <derek@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [microsound] DeMuDi (Linux distro)
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:59:49 +0100

Hi David,

best advice(s) for now are as follows:

1) "Easiest": install Ubuntu for PPC and add normal Debian (possibly unstable also) sources, then apt-get install the various packages you want. Both Demudi and Ubuntu are Debian-based, so the inner core is the same. However, Demudi has no PPC packages, so you'll miss out on the kernel. Kim was already asking me about this, so maybe I'll take him up on his suggestion to make a WIKKI page about it, as long as others here are willing to file their own reports on how well it does or doesn't go.

2) Install Debian or Gentoo for PPC and use their packages. Again, you'll be missing the low-latency kernel. But you can always compile ;-) Most all the apps you want should exist as packages for both platforms. I prefer Gentoo these days because I find it more comfortable to configure, but many Debian folks say the same thing, so the difference may just be academic.

Happy to answer further ??'s as time allows. Otherwise, let's get together on the WIKKI pages.

best,
Derek




david golightly wrote:
Apropos of Linux/PPC:
Does anyone know of any plans to port the DeMuDi (Debian Music Distro) for PPC? This distro was initiated jointly by IRCAM and CCRMA, and I'd really like to get my hands on it - would save hours of headaches recompiling the kernel, tracking down audio-related packages, drivers, and programs etc...



-- derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ---Oblique Strategy # 76: "Give the game away"

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