[linux-audio-user] Advice on FC5

[James McDermott]

Hi Tim,

I don't know whether anyone uses Fedora without planetCCRMA for audio
(?), so maybe a compromise - FC4+planetCCRMA - is in order?

> My first question is:  Do I want to go to FC5?  I don't think
> PlanetCCRMA has anything for it yet, but I'm thinking of running it
> OOTB.  Is it usable for some simple use of JACK and friends?  I hear
> that it wouldn't have low latency.  Is this true, and does that affect
> me if I'm only recording one or two tracks at a time?

Yes, latency is still a big issue regardless of how many tracks are
involved. You need to search the (recent) archives of this list, and
the FC5 docs, for set_rtlimits, PAM, and the kernel version number.
You can get good low latency performance with a recent mainstream
kernel, they say!

Also, you'll have to do some reading to see what packages will be
available to you, and what you'll have to compile yourself.