[PD] linux best for pd? / "best linux" for Pd? / On a Mac?

[Alexandre Torres Porres]

cool, so it seems I dont need to bother with "hardcore configuring" using a
"not so easy one" like slackware? I'll give this Shumamis a try, but I
don't see ardour there though. Did you install this on a mac? I'm
downloading the 64 bit version. I got a previous generation macbook air.
Dual core i7 1.8GHz. 4GB Ram

cheers

2013/5/30 Esteban Viveros <emviveros at gmail.com>
>
>> Maybe I can be wrong, but to work with pd in realtime performances you
>> will need a kernel patched with rt features. At least low-latency kernel.
>>
>> I'm start to do a little distro (Ubuntu 12.04.2 based) it in portuguese.
>> You can try it. Shumamis Linux Light have included with qtractor  DAW and
>> Ardour 3 is very easy to install.
>> http://shumamisll.tumblr.com/
>>
>> This distro is a remaster of a DreamStudio:
>> http://www.dickmacinnis.com/dreamstudio/
>>
>> If you don't like Unity windows manager, you can use KXstudio:
>> http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> All these distros use KXStudio repositories, and have low-latency kernels
>> preconfigured.
>> If you need a realtime kernel, you can install easily. All these 3
>> distros are Ubuntu 12.04 LTS based.
>>
>> With Jack, at now, I don't have problems using Shumamis Linux Light.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> 2013/5/30 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>
>>
>>> > One very big advantage on Linux is
>>> > the possibility to run Pd with hassle-free jack
>>>
>>> I'm ok with soundflower for that matter, although jack is more powerful
>>> than soundflower...
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/5/30 Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> On 30/05/13 22:43, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems Pd runs smoother in
>>>>> Linux than in any other OS, is that right?
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps some of you have run benchmarks for it with the same machine
>>>>> and
>>>>> diferente Operational Systems. I was curious to try myself.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can't comment extensively on that. I use Pd on Linux, used it on
>>>> windows and once on OSX.
>>>>
>>>> One very big advantage on Linux is the possibility to run Pd with
>>>> hassle-free jack, in turn easy multichannel.
>>>> Not only - jack means you can directly record into a DAW (e.g. Ardour),
>>>> again with multiple 'virtual' channels if you want.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Now, is there a "best linux" for Pd? Maybe one that allows you to tweak
>>>>> in a little more to have insanely low latencies?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, the whole point and interest is to try and reach an absurdly
>>>>> optimized latency and CPU load.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not sure about insane values, but I'm happy with debian now. Although I
>>>> do very little live stuff these days. I think Pd-extended development is
>>>> mostly done on debian, but I may be wrong on that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Now that I got myself a Raspberry Pi (my first linux) I wanna enjoy the
>>>>> opportunity/motivation to broaden my linux usage to my regular laptops.
>>>>>
>>>>> I use macs by the way. Don't know if that is an issue. Like being next
>>>>> to an impossible task to install a nice hardcore ("the best one") linux
>>>>> distribution in it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've seen that recently Linux has been able to work (poorly at least)
>>>>> with Thunderbolt. I have an RME Multiface that seems to works well on
>>>>> linux. Since newer macbooks lost the PCI slot, all that I'm missing is
>>>>> that my thunderbolt to PCI slot  adapter works in Linux. That'd be
>>>>> cool,
>>>>> to run it on my macbook air, on linux... but I digress.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can't comment on those.
>>>>
>>>> Lorenzo.
>>>>
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