Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] What do we need now ?
From: Frank J. Carmickle (frankiec_AT_unforgettable.com)
Date: ke heinä 28 1999 - 21:01:55 EDT
At 04:51 PM 7/27/99 +0200, you wrote:
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>Apart from the suggestions you make about the development of the specific
>software (which I fully agree with) I think it would also be good if there
>would be a linux distribution that would install a linux audio workstation.
>I don't think the audio software available belongs in a standard linux
>distribution, and there are a lot of things in the standard distributions
>are not wanted and needed by somebody who wants to use linux as an audio
>workstation primarily. Also, having such a distribution would contribute
>to a necessairy 'survival of the fittest', and it could take care of this
>extra development it takes to make good software usuable software (docu-
>mentation, easy installation, clear bugreporting)
Okay I just said this last night while watching Dave Letterman.
It is important that we make a special distribution. My thoughts are that
we could also use a hacked kernel that has some sort of asymmetric multi
processing. This we could then use to designate one processor for dsp
effects. My question is wether or not this is a good idea.
Frank
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