[linux-audio-user] Fresh PC waiting for basic installation - Advice?

[Free Ekanayaka]

>>>>> On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 15:28:27 +0000, "Alejandro Lopez" <alex_osiris at hotmail.com> said:

    Alejandro> Guys, Many thanks for the time and effort spent on
    Alejandro> giving advice, it's much appreciated.

    Alejandro> Basically, you guys have recommended:

    Alejandro> -Mandrake + Thac's RPMs (Robert) -DeMuDi (Tim and
    Alejandro> Stefano) -Planet CCRMA (Jan)

    Alejandro> ..Which basically boils down to: Mandrake vs Debian vs
    Alejandro> Redhat. Not sure if it's a wise decision, but I'm then
    Alejandro> thinking about choosing the distro based on:

    Alejandro> -Is ALSA supported on the distro or did you have to
    Alejandro> download and install ALSA separately?

    Alejandro> -Did you find the kernel easy to patch for low latency? 
    Alejandro> (I assume all Thac's, DeMuDi and Planet have some patch
    Alejandro> set for this).

    Alejandro> Any thoughts much appreciated.

Hi Alejandro,

AGNULA/DeMuDi has   now   an all-in-one  bootable CD-ROM    ISO image,
i.e. you just insert  the CD-ROM in the  reader, boot your machine and
follow the installation instructions.

After installation  is completed  you  will get a  fully working audio
system with ALSA automatically configured, a lowlatency patched kernel
optimised   for you processor  and all  the applications  grouped in a
rationale menu tree.

This ISO image is still  in beta, but should be  quite usable. You can
download it here:

  http://download.agnula.org/1.2/1.2.0/demudi_1.2.0-beta1_i386.iso

And some brief instructions on how to install it can be found here:

  http://www.agnula.org/download/demudi/demudi_1_2_0_iso


cheers,

Free Ekanayaka