2 Apr
2003
2 Apr
'03
6:18 a.m.
but from my experience at least,
Mandrake's kernel is the most patched.
That could well be true, outside the specialist distros.
At least RedHat's default kernels in
RH8 have low latency.
I don't think a default kernel in a general purpose distro would ever satisfy
the serious audio user - too many conflicts with the needs of server owners?
I'm keen to give the Mandrake 9.1 multimedia kernel a go - looks like it's got
all the features we'd need, including capabilities.
If you want to use the latest version of ALSA, you
still need to have
kernel sources and the like handy.
Sure, but most users are going to stick with whatever version comes with the
distro, if their soundcard works.
I would rather have a
vanilla kernel source for a default distro kernel, and patch it myself,
rather than having a kernel pre-patched with stuff I won't want.
You can, because you know how - isn't free software great?
Cheers
Daniel