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

[Martin Dupras]

Thanks to all who have responded to this post. All great tips and
pointers, and many more practical solutions than I had hoped.

- martin

2009/10/23 Andy Farnell <padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk>:
>
> 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:
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> --------
>> Dan Wilcox
>> danomatika.com
>> robotcowboy.com
>>
>>
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