Re: [LAU] Linux mint for audio?

On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:12:20 -1000
david <gnome@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

>On 2/17/19 1:01 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2019, djdualcore@protonmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> So, what is the general recommendation for people who want to work
>>> with audio on
>>> a laptop that isn't necessarily dedicated to audio?
>>
>> My personal recomendation is whatever with xfce. I don't think it
>> matters if it is debian or redhat (or whatever). XFCE seems to be the
>> lowest resource user for a desktop that the average user will feel
>> comfortable with. My wife and sons use xubuntu with no complaint and I
>> have had no trouble running audio. Yes, I have added some tweaks but
>> honestly, I don't think anyone even halfway serious about audio should
>> expect to do at least some tweaking of a system.
>>
>> - find out which USB port to use
>> - real time and memory locking permissions
>> - swappiness
>> - no boost
>> - performance mode
>> - no hyperthread
>> - etc.
>
>Yet on my i7 laptop, audio works with hyperthreading just fine.
>
>It is in performance mode, though. I think keeping a steady clock is
>more important for RT audio than the number of threads.

The biggest problem I find with laptops is that they stick all USB ports on
the same internal hub, even though the underlying system supports 5 or 6. Grrr!

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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