[ardour-users] OS Question

[Jan Depner]

On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 06:21, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On 11/2/05, 7lb9oz Productions <viipoundproductions at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > and vmware for one program I
> > have to run in windows for school.
> >
> > Are there any considerations with what should and should not be run on a
> > "studio only OS"?  What about considerations with the low latency stuff, and
> > the kernel patches?  I have heard that they shouldnt be used on a typical
> > desktop, so would I just want to keep the original kernel and boot from that
> > when I wasnt using the studio?
> >
> > Please advise, I am still a little fresh from the windows world, and I know
> > that in windows, for serious work you pretty much need an OS that is
> > dedicated to nothing but the DAW.
> >
> > Thanks in advcance
> 
> Other than the vmware this (which I'm avout ready to try out myself)
> there is no reason for all this rebooting. One solid Linux install
> will do what you need. I'm mostly Gentoo based now, but any good
> distro should address this stuff:
> 
> 1) Use whatever distro you want. The issues here are how you feel
> about admin for that distro and access to all the Linux programs you
> want, not the kernel.
> 
> 2) Use the existing kernel or build one with patches of your own
> choice. My ia-32 machines never required anythign other than the
> standard Gentoo kernel to run at 3mS latency. My AMD64 needed me to
> build a kernel.
> 
> 3) Use Open Office for an OSS solution to documents. It works pretty
> well, but it's a memory hog and pretty slow.
> 
> 4) Use Crossover Office (specialized Wine) running M$ Office for any
> specific issues that OO doesn't solve. The demo is free.
> 

    Good point Mark.  I run Crossover and Micro$oft Orifice 2000
Professional (it is to laugh ;-) on my DAW and have no problems.


> 5) Try standard Wine or Crossover for your one Windows program. You
> might get lucky and find it works. (What program is it? Look at the
> Wine AppDb to determine if others already have it working. I run a
> number of Windows programs successfully under Wine.
> 
> 6) Try Cedega Wine for any games you might want to play.
> 
>    Most all of y Windows needs have been addressed in this manner.
> Unfortunately for me Quicken doesn't run quite well enough under CXO
> 4.x for me to give up Windows. I have not tried CXO 5.0 yet.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Mark
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