[LAU] Building Audio from a Server Core?

[grekimj at acousticrefuge.com]

Am 27.02.2013 19:46, schrieb Grekim Jennings:
>> How difficult or even possible is it to start with a server core system 
>> and make it useable for a audio? 

>Very difficult. I guess, the advantage in speed one may get from an
>custom-build minimalist system would need some 10 years to collect
>enough seconds to bring back the time it takes to build the system in
>the first place.

>Why not just install a major distro plus audio-layer and run it with
>Fluxbox or E or on tty? If I compare the performance of heavy
>audio-setups under KDE4 and under Fluxbox on the same system I find it
>hard to see any difference...

Okay thanks.   Well, I just installed Squeeze with only 'laptop' and 'system tools' packages selected.  And....audio (usb/Audiobox) is working without any additional downloads, tweeks or anything.  So 
obviously something was missing in the server install.  Anyway, I'm just excited that this setup is looking good so far.


>> I don't need a GUI/desktop for this.  
>> I installed Lubuntu server core to a usb flash drive.  I added myself to 
>> the audio group, but my usb Audiobox does not seem to be working, 
>> although it is recognised with aplay -l.  Should it work without any 
>> additional steps?
>> I suppose I could build an Arch system, but I was pleasantly surprised 
>> by the performance of Ubuntu 12.04 (desktop) with the particular 
>> software I want to run and thought I would try an even more basic 
>> setup.  Thanks!