[LAU] Linux mint for audio?

[David W. Jones]

On February 18, 2019 6:16:32 AM HST, Will Godfrey wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:12:20 -1000
> david wrote:
> 
> >On 2/17/19 1:01 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
> >> On Sun, 17 Feb 2019, djdualcore at protonmail.com wrote:
> >>   
> >>> So, what is the general recommendation for people who want to work
> 
> >>> with audio on
> >>> a laptop that isn't necessarily dedicated to audio?  
> >> 
> >> My personal recomendation is whatever with xfce. I don't think it 
> >> matters if it is debian or redhat (or whatever). XFCE seems to be
> the 
> >> lowest resource user for a desktop that the average user will feel 
> >> comfortable with. My wife and sons use xubuntu with no complaint
> and I 
> >> have had no trouble running audio. Yes, I have added some tweaks
> but 
> >> honestly, I don't think anyone even halfway serious about audio
> should 
> >> expect to do at least some tweaking of a system.
> >> 
> >> - find out which USB port to use
> >> - real time and memory locking permissions
> >> - swappiness
> >> - no boost
> >> - performance mode
> >> - no hyperthread
> >> - etc.  
> >
> >Yet on my i7 laptop, audio works with hyperthreading just fine.
> >
> >It is in performance mode, though. I think keeping a steady clock is 
> >more important for RT audio than the number of threads.
> 
> The biggest problem I find with laptops is that they stick all USB
> ports on
> the same internal hub, even though the underlying system supports 5 or
> 6. Grrr!

My System76 Galapagos (older model, not the current one) has 2 internal hubs - a USB3 and a USB2. The four actual ports are color coded to show which is which.

I hang my external drive and sound card on the USB3. Everything else (keyboard/trackball, an external USB2 hub) go on the USB2 ports.

It works far better at low latency than the desktop system's internal Intel audio!

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