[linux-audio-user] Which distribution? (Used to be DeMuDi)

[Larry Troxler]

On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Asbjørn Sæbø wrote:

> Hi, and sorry for the newbie-ish subject.
>
> I have mostly been away from Linux audio for the most part of a year,
> and things seems to have changed during that time.  So, now I am
> wondering where to pick up.
>
> DeMuDi, the distribution which I used to use, seems to have little
> activity.  Is is maintained in such a way that it is sensible to go with
> it again?  And if not so, what other suggestions do you have for a
> distribution for audio work?  (Studio64 is out of the question, as I
> have no 64-bit hardware.)  Simple low-latency setup is appreciated, as
> is something Debian-based and quite up-to-date.
>
> With kind regards
> Asbjørn Sæbø

64 studio.

This is timely because I just went through this less than a month ago; the 
new machine I installed on still has that "new computer" smell.

I went through the same issues with demudi. Even the web site domain 
lapsed while I was experimenting with it!

As you'll hear, 64 studio runs on 32 bit machines as well.

Until I asked on this list, I too rejected 64 studio, but for a different 
reason. I was looking for a PC that could be used as a gig synthesiser, in 
that the primary requirement was to be trimmed down and tuned without 
mercy for low latency, even if it ment expected features on a desktop were 
missing. And the 64 studio web site seemed to advertise it more as a 
studio distribution (surprise), rather than a tiny performance one.

But my fears were unfounded. I was initially concerned that 64 studio 
enabled automount by default, for example. But, it could be that DeMuDi 
did as well - I really think that there is not much difference between the 
two distros, other than the most important one that 64  studio seems more 
actively maintained . Some I noticed:

- I was impressed when I first started the DeMuDi desktop and the jack was 
up an running, with a qjackctl access button on the panel. This was a nice 
touch.

- Slightly different set of apps.

Larry