Everyone, Thanks for all your comments!
Have some more information why am asking "A friend asked what is the best RealTime Lightweight Linux Distro?" My friend recently heard about Linux remote capture software Capture and has a compatible Canon camera. "The program is command-line oriented: the commands can be specified as command line parameters (useful for scripting) or can be entered in an interactive mode. It can take a shot, set various properties of the camera, open a viewfinder window (works like a webcam) and save viewfinder images. The main advantage of Capture compared to gPhoto is that the consecutive shots are taken without the camera lenses being closed and opened again. When taking several thousands shots in a row, this indeed makes the camera live longer." http://capture.sourceforge.net/ "If you are interested what can be done with Capture, see the original website by Petr Danecek." Tried the link but did not get through even when used petr.ucl.cas.cz The latest version I found was "Download capture-1.0.4-cvs-20071123.tar.gz (32.3 kB)" http://sourceforge.net/projects/capture/files/ Have not found anything concerning recommended distros. Hope someone has a supported Canon camera and will try Canon Capture. Gene On Wed, Dec 12, 2012, at 02:37 PM, Orion Vianna wrote: > On 12/12/2012 03:51 PM, Chris Knadle wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 14:34:33, Maxim Shkurygin wrote: > >> I used a minimal debian environment with a precompiled RT kernel for a > >> robotics project. However, I really don't see why you would need a > >> real time OS outside of robotics. > >> > >> More on RT Linux community: https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page > > Right... Real Time (RT) kernels are used for only specific situations where > > very low latency in the kernel response is necessary -- most likely relating > > to an interrupt-driven device driver / module. > > > > Occasionally I hear this come up in relation to DJing, because the typical > > latency of aduio in a typical Linux distro is a bit too high for some of the > > thigns DJs typically do. > > low latency for live audio is something I have been investigating. > I have experimented with low latency kernel (ubuntu) and it has worked > better then with windows XP and asio drivers. > Having sufficient low latency will also depend on hardware and other > software (not just OS). I might have to use windows because of closed > software. > > As for a Linux distribution, I think minimal Ubuntu could work well. It > has been a while since I did a minimal CD install but IIRC it only > installs the bare minimum. > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD#A64-bit_PC_.28amd64.2C_x86_64.29 > > IIRC, Ubuntu server also has a minimal install option. > http://askubuntu.com/questions/57336/minimal-system-or-minimal-virtual-machine-on-install > > kxstudio has repositories for Low Latency and Real Time kernels. > kxstudio site http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/ > kxstudio PPA https://launchpad.net/~kxstudio-team/+archive/kernel/ > > BTW, kxstudio is awesome. There are not many people in the IRC channel > but they are quite friendly and knowledgeable. > > -Orion > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Jan 9 - High Performance Computing at a Small Scale > Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi > Mar 6 - 10th Anniversary Meeting! -- WestHurley ComputerReCycling [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Jan 9 - High Performance Computing at a Small Scale Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi Mar 6 - 10th Anniversary Meeting!
