[linux-audio-user] Setting up linux computer

[Tom Burdick]

On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 15:42, Austin wrote:
> On 08/22/2004 04:09:38 PM, Thomas Pickett wrote:
> >  I don't care too much on which distro is
> > easiest to install.  I care more about how good it works for music
> > production.
> 
> Depends on how you define "good".
> 
> Most audio production packages ready-to-use?  Mandrake, CCRMA, or  
> Gentoo
> 
> Pentium optimized?  Mandrake or Gentoo
> 
> Performance kernels?  Mandrake or Gentoo
> 
> Most stable?  RedHat or SuSe (a guess)
> 
> Quick and easy to install new packages?  Mandrake, CCRMA, or Debian

all of the above... slackware with slapt-get and audioslack :-) (it is
compiled with mcpu=686 I believe) while not being "truly" optimized for
pentium, its pretty damn fast !