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I really like nitro-sources. They aren't supported in any official way, but |
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you can find them in the Unsupported Software section on the Gentoo Forums. |
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The current release is 2.6.13.2-nitro1 ("Down with latency"), but I would |
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maybe advise waiting until nitro2 comes out (seppe, the maintainer, said it |
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would hopefully be soon), as it will fix a lagging issue with the ck5 |
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patchset. |
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On 10/4/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 10/4/05, Karol Krizka <kkrizka@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > I have been following the music with linux kernel thread and I started |
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> > wondering what would be the best patchset for a desktop use. I have |
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> > read the Gentoo Kernel Guide and from it seems to me that ck-sources |
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> > are the best. |
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> > What do you use on your desktop? Are there any other patches that you |
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> > would recommend? Is there any patches your would recommed for a |
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> > laptop? |
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> I think that it really depends on your needs. I'm very happy right now |
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> with the very latest testing kernel from the developers. Basically |
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> 2.6.14-rc3 + rt7 |
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> However many others might not be. It was hard to find a configuration |
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> that compiled. Once I did the side effects so far have been very |
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> minimal. Then again my application is essentially recording studio |
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> oriented. I need very low real time latencies. This kernel is giving |
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> me that, but there are costs, such as no ATI driver support, etc. |
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> So, I think it really depends on your needs. |
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> As for ck-sources, it builds for me and it does run, but so farit |
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> doesn't seem to play with the Jack server and Jack apps very well. I |
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> expect it's me and not ck-sources, but I don't know. |
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> So, my desktop usage is probably very different from yours and we end |
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> up making different choices. |
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> My 2 cents, |
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> Mark |
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