On 30/05/13 22:43, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
Hi there, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems Pd runs smoother in
Linux than in any other OS, is that right?
Perhaps some of you have run benchmarks for it with the same machine and
diferente Operational Systems. I was curious to try myself.
Can't comment extensively on that. I use Pd on Linux, used it on windows
and once on OSX.
One very big advantage on Linux is the possibility to run Pd with
hassle-free jack, in turn easy multichannel.
Not only - jack means you can directly record into a DAW (e.g. Ardour),
again with multiple 'virtual' channels if you want.
Now, is there a "best linux" for Pd? Maybe one that allows you to tweak
in a little more to have insanely low latencies?
Yeah, the whole point and interest is to try and reach an absurdly
optimized latency and CPU load.
Not sure about insane values, but I'm happy with debian now. Although I
do very little live stuff these days. I think Pd-extended development is
mostly done on debian, but I may be wrong on that.
Now that I got myself a Raspberry Pi (my first linux) I wanna enjoy the
opportunity/motivation to broaden my linux usage to my regular laptops.
I use macs by the way. Don't know if that is an issue. Like being next
to an impossible task to install a nice hardcore ("the best one") linux
distribution in it.
I've seen that recently Linux has been able to work (poorly at least)
with Thunderbolt. I have an RME Multiface that seems to works well on
linux. Since newer macbooks lost the PCI slot, all that I'm missing is
that my thunderbolt to PCI slot adapter works in Linux. That'd be cool,
to run it on my macbook air, on linux... but I digress.
Can't comment on those.
Lorenzo.
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