[linux-audio-user] Advice on FC5

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 08:42 -0700, Tim Howard wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I need some advice (OK, a lot of advice) on what to do with my Linux
> installation.
> 
> Right now I am running FC3 + PlanetCCRMA, and I'm enjoying it a lot. 
> I'm using Ardour, Hydrogen, and a few other JACK compliant apps. 
> However, I have a few reasons for wanting to reinstall and/or upgrade
> my distro.
> 
> #1  I recently got some new hard drives which I would like to install.
> #2  FC5 has just been released, and I'm curious to see what it's like.
> #3  I tried to upgrade glibc on my current installation, and I <ahem>
> "broke" it.  I have pieced it back into a functioning system again,
> but I doubt it will ever quite be the same.
> 
> 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?
> 
> Any help on this would be appreciated!

The kernel that comes with FC5 is not going to give you the best
performance. I'll release stuff in (hopefully) a week. I do have a
kernel and the low level support stuff but there's a Festival happening
here at CCRMA in a few days and I won't have _any_ time till it's over. 

Stay tuned to the Planet CCRMA mailing list...
-- Fernando