[LAU] Test if Linux is ready for audio

The best way to test if your Linux setup is ready for audio, I think, is here: http://wiki.linuxmusicians.com/doku.php?id=system_configuration Download the .pl file, make it executable, and run it in a terminal. In other words, in a terminal: wget http://realtimeconfigquickscan.googlecode.com/hg/realTimeConfigQuickScan.pl chmod +x realTimeConfigQuickScan.pl ./realTimeConfigQuickScan.pl | less and study the results. My hardware is such that realtime kernel is not necessary, and I'm not sure about 'noatime' on the filesystems, but everything else it reports has been extremely valuable. AVLinux ran well before I did all the things it requested; after I did them, it began to run screamingly. There is a list of multimedia-oriented distros on that page, but some of the listings are alpha quality, no longer in existence, et cetera. J.E.B.