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

Fri May 31 09:25:18 CEST 2013

> it says "no bootable device - press any key"

KXstudio & DreamStudio also burnt to CD/DVD and had the same issue.
Whatever I have to do will work for them all I guess. Maybe that thing for
dealing with the booting stuff on a mac that looks kind of a drag.

thanks

2013/5/31 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>

> hmm, no luck
>
> well, the instructions don't cover macs, and only talk about a
> installation from a pen drive with a windows software (it's ok, I got
> parallels, but I don't have a big enough pen drive). I tried using the
> software to burn the image into a partition from an external hard drive,
> but the windows software gave me a warning it wouldn't boot, and in fact it
> didn't. Next, tried burning the image to a DVD in an external Drive and
> boot from it... No deal. It even shows as an option to boot (although the
> DVD is as "windows"), but when you click it, it says "no bootable device -
> press any key"
>
> This seems hard, I was hoping not to have to buy a pen drive just for it.
> Maybe some other distribution?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> 2013/5/30 Esteban Viveros <emviveros at gmail.com>
>
>> I don't test Shumamis in Mac.. Please give me a feedback! ;)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/5/30 Esteban Viveros <emviveros at gmail.com>
>>
>>> Sorry... Reply all...
>>>
>>> Ok.. Shumamis don't have Ardour pre installed, I use it in music and
>>> tecnology workshops I do.
>>>
>>> To install ardour:
>>>
>>> 1) Press Ctrl+Alt+T  , it will open terminal.
>>>
>>> 2) run in terminal: sudo apt-get install ardour3
>>>
>>> 3) it is!
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/5/30 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> 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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>> Esteban Viveros
>>
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