[arch-general] Audio distro based on Arch Linux

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 07:34 +0800, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Ralf Mardorf
> <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> > 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 It may be out-of-date, just like http://archaudio.org/ (which is a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.
> >
> A bit tough considering systemd is now the default and last I checked
> the alternatives weren't very complete. If you want to spend less
> time, systemd would take less of your time than initscripts (rc-files
> getting actively dropped) and whichever gentoo-based alternative is
> the latest craze. Check out the forums, someone is maintaining an
> alternate init there.

No, I'll use systemd too, to avoid issues. Hm, I visited Manjaro, an
empty mailing list :S, then I didn't take a look at the next Arch based
distro, but at distro watch. I guess if I want to use arch, I should use
Arch and not something based on Arch.

I don't think that distro watch says much about the user base, but at
least it shows how many times a distro was downloaded and no downloads =
no user base.

Regards,
Ralf