Re: [linux-audio-user] Fresh PC waiting for basic installation - Advice?

Alejandro> Guys, Many thanks for the time and effort spent on Alejandro> giving advice, it's much appreciated. Alejandro> Basically, you guys have recommended: Alejandro> -Mandrake + Thac's RPMs (Robert) -DeMuDi (Tim and Alejandro> Stefano) -Planet CCRMA (Jan) Alejandro> ..Which basically boils down to: Mandrake vs Debian vs Alejandro> Redhat. Not sure if it's a wise decision, but I'm then Alejandro> thinking about choosing the distro based on: Alejandro> -Is ALSA supported on the distro or did you have to Alejandro> download and install ALSA separately? Alejandro> -Did you find the kernel easy to patch for low latency? Alejandro> (I assume all Thac's, DeMuDi and Planet have some patch Alejandro> set for this). Alejandro> Any thoughts much appreciated. Hi Alejandro, AGNULA/DeMuDi has now an all-in-one bootable CD-ROM ISO image, i.e. you just insert the CD-ROM in the reader, boot your machine and follow the installation instructions. After installation is completed you will get a fully working audio system with ALSA automatically configured, a lowlatency patched kernel optimised for you processor and all the applications grouped in a rationale menu tree. This ISO image is still in beta, but should be quite usable. You can download it here: http://download.agnula.org/1.2/1.2.0/demudi_1.2.0-beta1_i386.iso And some brief instructions on how to install it can be found here: http://www.agnula.org/download/demudi/demudi_1_2_0_iso cheers, Free Ekanayaka