[arch-general] Audio distro based on Arch Linux

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Tue Feb 12 09:39:54 EST 2013


On Tue, 2013-02-12 at 22:15 +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:
> On 12 February 2013 20:05, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi :)
> >
> > is there an audio distro based on Arch Linux, that already is rawly set
> > up for audio studio production.
> >
> > Another requirement for me is, that such a distro shouldn't cause or at
> > least only less inconsistencies, when using the Arch and AUR
> > repositories.
> >
> > I suspect http://didjix.blogspot.com isn't intended for audio studios?
> >
> > Perhaps I missed an audio distro listed at
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Based_Distributions_%28Active%29
> > ;) when I searched for "music" and "audio" on this site.
> >
> > If there shouldn't be an audio distro, I'll install a _real_ Arch
> > Linux :(, ;).
> > Resp., is one of the distros that come with Xfce by default uncritical
> > regarding to the used packages (dependency issues)? And will one of
> > those distros install not to much services etc. that I would have to
> > remove for audio work?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ralf
> >
> >
> Hello Ralf
> 
> I am not aware of anything other than
> http://obsoleteaudio.org/software/synthbox as a dedicated audio production
> distro. It may be out-of-date, just like http://archaudio.org/ (which is a
> packaging project only), and there may be other individual efforts that are
> running unnoticed.
> 
> For your audio needs, everything is explained in the wiki [1]. Rarely would
> you need a separate distro when software is easily accessible through the
> official repositories, AUR, and sometimes unofficial repositories (on a
> hit-and-miss basis).
> 
> And yes, your choice of a full desktop or windowing environment (as a
> result of installing a GUI distro) may dictate the kind of performance you
> will get from your studio system, but there are other independent factors
> as well which are not in the scope of this reply (and I assume you may
> already know).
> 
> [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pro_Audio

Thank you Rashif :)

yes I'm aware how to set up a Linux audio workstation, I simply won't
make all the DE settings and especially I won't spend time to set up
everything for systemd. The more already is done, the better.

Regards,
Ralf



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