Re: Linux distro opinions

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> If you are after an optimized system, with good support for Jack, and a 
> really nice low latency kernel, I'd vote for Gentoo.  It's a bit of a 
> pain to set up, but it works really nicely once you have gotten the 
> hang of it.

Thanks Josh, would this be your recommendation for both scenarios then?
 
> I used Planet CCRMA for a few days, but I quickly fell into redhat hell 
> and installed Gentoo over the whole thing.

If you don't mind, what is red hat hell? 

Iain

> 
> On Jan 5, 2004, at 1:57 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> > I know this has been discussed before, but the world keeps changing! I 
> > want to
> > do 2 seperate linux installs at home, one meant to be the at home 
> > regular use
> > DAW, and one meant to be the no gui command line only lightweight 
> > version for
> > live use. The lightweight version will literally boot into Csound and 
> > be used
> > for nothing else. I'd like to get the audio latency as good as 
> > possible on
> > both, and plan on running Csound, PD, Ardour, ecasound, and Jack on 
> > the DAW.
> > It would be a bonus if the lightweight version can actually fit 
> > entirely on a
> > CDR. I'm prepared to learn how to optimize the kernel for both. I'd 
> > like to
> > hear opinions on best distro for each situation, as well as thoughts 
> > on both
> > Agnula and Planet CCRMA. Any thoughts on Debian vs Redhat Agnula would 
> > be
> > appreciated as well.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Iain
> >
> >
> >
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