1 Apr
2003
1 Apr
'03
9:38 a.m.
Hi
I run Slackware 8.1 as an audio box, and I couldn't have picked a better
distro. The original kernel is not patched, which leaves room to compile my
own kernel, and patch it with whatever patches I want, in this case being
low latency, and preempt. I agree with what you said, and recommend
Slackware as an audio workstation as you only need install what you need,
and your filesystem is kept very clean.
Regards
Luke
At 06:59 PM 1/04/2003, you wrote:
One of the major benefits of Slackware is that it
doesn't use GUI
configuration tools. In distros that do have these, they work
fine 80% of the time, but taking care of the remaining 20% is a
royal pain.
Another major benefit is that it's very clean - it's quite possible to
have an almost complete understanding of the layout of a Slackware
system, something that, for me anyways, is impossible on other distros
that swamp everything with hundreds of vendor-specific configuration
files.
If you like learning new stuff and if you can get into the habit of
RTFM-ing and using Google, Slackware comes highly recommended.
Just be aware that it will take a while before you've set it up as an
audio workstation - it doesn't even enable sound out of the box!
However, it's definitely doable, and if you succeed, you'll have a
system that's set up just the way you want it, with no extra cruft
lying around.
take care,
Matthijs de Jonge
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