minimal distribution - maximum sound??

[Mike Holstein]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Mike Holstein <mikeh789 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:18 PM, kirko birilli <whyshenwhy at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> hi there,
>>
>> i would like to know if somebody got experience with running audio apps on
>> a small as possible distro tailor made for your own machines.i install
>> usually the whole lot and then just try to get things done.a friend of mine
>> uses his old laptop as kind of tekkno instrument.he got his sounds together
>> with pure data and uses the keyboard as kind of piano.he still got windoze
>> xp on it and i wonder if that doesn´t eat lots of power he could better use
>> for audio tasks.
>> so what are you doing to get the maximum out of your machines and is it
>> possible just to get a minimal install something like tiny core with 10mb
>> and add the rest after?
>> i have got loads of old laptops around and would like to get them
>> swinging.any suggestions?
>> cheers
>> shen
>>
>> there is a really cool light-weight distro that i think you might want to
> look at for learning purposes.. http://dynebolic.org/ ... i dont think you
> would want to actually use it right now because the packages are quite out
> of date, but it does *fly* on older hardware (and it flies like that from a
> live CD too)... in theory* you can just install ubuntu, normal vanilla
> ubuntu and take advantage of some meta-packages such as lubuntu-deskop or
> xubuntu-desktop and have LXDE or XFCE instead of gnome or KDE running. then,
> you could add whatever software from ubuntustudio (meta-packages, or just
> what you need). no reason why all of those packages wont run in LXDE and/or
> XFCE... OR you could just install xubuntu or lubuntu and use one of those
> versions as a 'base'... all the official variants use the same buntu repos
> as far as i know.
>
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> MH
>
> http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/
> http://wnclug.ourproject.org/
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>
AND i meant to say, as far as actual install size, i dont think that the
size of the install is really going to effect the performance, but if you
want the footprint of the install to be small as possible, you might want to
*not* install the ubuntu-studio meta packaes, and just cherry pick what you
need, like JACK, hydrogen, and some softsynths with a few plugins for
example... i wouldnt expect to get anything really impressively tiny
though... however, you could use something like

http://www.ubuntu-mini-remix.org/

"*Ubuntu Mini Remix is a fully working Ubuntu livecd containing only the
minimal set of software to make the system work*. Ubuntu Mini Remix ISO
image is only 165MB."

there are suggestions there on how to build your own live installer disc. if
you left out all the other (arguably) un-needed non-studio apps (browsers
and games and whatever) you might be able to get a small-ish footprint...
good luck

-- 
MH

http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/
http://wnclug.ourproject.org/
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