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And for lowest latency with and without some apps working (we still lack the protocol to measure). | And for lowest latency with and without some apps working (we still lack the protocol to measure). | ||
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==== Measurements ==== | ==== Measurements ==== | ||
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Noises and clicks should be annotated too | Noises and clicks should be annotated too | ||
- | + | * '''Preinstalled software''' | |
- | + | ** [[Ardour|Ardour (Recording)]] | |
- | + | ** [[Rosegarden|Rosegarden (Sequencer)]] | |
- | + | ** [[Hydrogen|Hydrogen (Drum Machine)]] | |
- | + | ** Zynaddsubfx (Soft synth) | |
- | + | ** Nekobee (TB303 clone) | |
- | + | ** Linuxsampler (Sampler) | |
- | + | ** [[Fmit|Fmit (Tuner)]] | |
- | + | ** Gtick (Tap tempo) | |
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=== Hardware === | === Hardware === | ||
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* [[C]] ([[User:Trece8 | Trece8]] has it) : CPU 32bits Pentium 4 2.40GHz ; 1Gb RAM 133 MHz ; Onboard Ensoniq 5880B ; PATA drives ; nVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400 | * [[C]] ([[User:Trece8 | Trece8]] has it) : CPU 32bits Pentium 4 2.40GHz ; 1Gb RAM 133 MHz ; Onboard Ensoniq 5880B ; PATA drives ; nVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400 | ||
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+ | * [[D]] ([[User:Seegwen | Seegwen]] has it) : CPU 64bits AthlonXP 3200+ 2.20GHz ; 2Gb RAM 333 MHz ; Presonus Firepod(1gen) ; 1 PATA/1 SATA HD ; Radeon 9200 | ||
=== Distro's === | === Distro's === | ||
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- Fedora 10 w/ ccrma | - Fedora 10 w/ ccrma | ||
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+ | Additional information on how to test liveCDs by running them from your hard drive can be found here: | ||
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+ | [[Running LiveCDs From Your Hard Drive]] | ||
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This table is stolen from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions here] in hopes of converting it to a table that is useful to us. | This table is stolen from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions here] in hopes of converting it to a table that is useful to us. | ||
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! Distribution | ! Distribution | ||
! Test version | ! Test version | ||
! Base distribution | ! Base distribution | ||
! Test version build date | ! Test version build date | ||
- | ! | + | ! PC for testing |
! 64 Bits? | ! 64 Bits? | ||
+ | ! Unstable? | ||
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| 2008-06-09 | | 2008-06-09 | ||
| [[A]] | | [[A]] | ||
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| [[A]] | | [[A]] | ||
| Yes | | Yes | ||
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| 2009-06-09 | | 2009-06-09 | ||
| [[A]] | | [[A]] | ||
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| Yes | | Yes | ||
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| Ubuntu | | Ubuntu | ||
| 2009-01-19 | | 2009-01-19 | ||
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- | + | | unknown | |
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| [[dyne:bolic]] | | [[dyne:bolic]] | ||
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| none | | none | ||
| 2007-09-22 | | 2007-09-22 | ||
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| [[pure:dyne]] | | [[pure:dyne]] | ||
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| [[Musix]] | | [[Musix]] | ||
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| [[Knoppix]], [[Kanotix]], [[Debian]] | | [[Knoppix]], [[Kanotix]], [[Debian]] | ||
| 2007-03-05 | | 2007-03-05 | ||
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Current revision as of 13:24, 12 May 2010
Welcome to the OSM Linux Audio Distro Shootout page. (a.k.a "The awesome lads")
There are many Linux Distro's relating to Audio/Visual, but how well do they tackle the issue of a full out of the box hit the ground running multimedia production suite...
Contents |
Criteria
We aim for simple installation, configuration, and use. And for lowest latency with and without some apps working (we still lack the protocol to measure).
- Pita : a.k.a. Pain In The Ass factor. The amount of clicks plus times striked the enter key to get from A to B in the most standard way. Example: 64studio is 17 Pita from scratch to get installed. It is 12Pita to get jack to work in realtime
Measurements
- Ease of use
Measured by the Pita from logged in for the first time to get Ardour working.
- Ease of installation
Measured by the Pita from uninstalled to installed and logged for the first time. (The installation should be the most standard one)
- Lowest latency
Lowest latency possible on JACK without XRUNS, running just qjackctl.
- Lowest live latency
Lowest possible latency while applying some live effect to the input. (The criteria has not yet been established) Noises and clicks should be annotated too
- Preinstalled software
- Ardour (Recording)
- Rosegarden (Sequencer)
- Hydrogen (Drum Machine)
- Zynaddsubfx (Soft synth)
- Nekobee (TB303 clone)
- Linuxsampler (Sampler)
- Fmit (Tuner)
- Gtick (Tap tempo)
Hardware
We should put down here the PCs we offer for testing. They should be as diverse as possible, if possible, music-oriented hardware.
- A ( Trece8 has it) : CPU 64bits Pentium D (2 x 2.8 GHz) ; 4Gb RAM 667 MHz ; M-Audio Audiophile 2496 ; SATA II drives, onboard VGA card (VIA).
- B ( Guitarman has it) : CPU 64Bit Pentium D (2 x 2.8 Ghz) ; 1GB RAM 533 Mhz ; Behringer UCA-202 (USB Audio Interface) ; SATA II drive ; onboard Intel Video.
- C ( Trece8 has it) : CPU 32bits Pentium 4 2.40GHz ; 1Gb RAM 133 MHz ; Onboard Ensoniq 5880B ; PATA drives ; nVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400
- D ( Seegwen has it) : CPU 64bits AthlonXP 3200+ 2.20GHz ; 2Gb RAM 333 MHz ; Presonus Firepod(1gen) ; 1 PATA/1 SATA HD ; Radeon 9200
Distro's
- Ubuntustudio
- 64studio
- AVLinux
- Fedora 10 w/ ccrma
Additional information on how to test liveCDs by running them from your hard drive can be found here:
Running LiveCDs From Your Hard Drive
Tweaking
- limits.conf and putting yourself in the audio group
- The almighty RT kernels
THE TABLE
This table is stolen from here in hopes of converting it to a table that is useful to us.
Distribution | Test version | Base distribution | Test version build date | PC for testing | 64 Bits? | Unstable? |
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64 Studio | 3beta3 | Debian | 2008-06-09 | A | Yes | Yes |
Ubuntu Studio | 9.04 | Debian | 2008-11-30 | A | Yes | unknown |
Fedora + Planet CCRMA | 11 | Red Hat | 2009-06-09 | A | Yes | Yes
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CrunchBang + patches | 9.04 | Ubuntu | 2009-01-19 | A | unknown | unknown |
dyne:bolic | unknown | none | 2007-09-22 | unknown | unknown | unknown |
pure:dyne | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Musix | unknown | Knoppix, Kanotix, Debian | 2007-03-05 | unknown | unknown | unknown |
AVLinux | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |