[PD] very small form-factor PC for running PD

[Andy Farnell]

Yeah, I second that. Beware of trying this on
very small 'minimal' boards. The reliable solution
I have used time and again is mini ITX, VIA or Intel
with a stock Debian net install. 


For video, you can put X on, along with ssh, and
then use ssh -X to open a remote display, and then 
use the board as a headless sound engine.



On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:15:38 +0200
Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On Oct 23, 2009, at 9:57 PM, Jaime Oliver wrote:
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> > indeed, that is what i have, but it's always tempting to go smaller...
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com>  
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Oct 23, 2009, at 9:11 PM, Jaime Oliver wrote:
> >>
> >> well, i run gem/video analysis on one processor and pd/audio on the  
> >> other...
> >>
> >> ah ok, then I'd say get a dual core atom mini-itx with an nvidia  
> >> pci express
> >> card
> 
> ah ok.  Well, in that case I'd discourage you from going smaller.  The  
> via linux drivers blow ... utterly.  I could not get the unichorme  
> graphics driver to work correctly in Ubuntu and gave up.  The win  
> drivers work, but the machines are probably not going to be fast  
> enough versus something with a dedicated gpu.
> 
> For audio only, it works.
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