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Real-Time related information, articles, distributions, etc..

In an audio-related context, some kind of “real-time” is preferable, in order to gain low latencies. (Here, Latency is the time elapsed between audio-input and audio-output (including processing in between). )

The simplest way to obtain lower latency than usual, is to use an optimized linux audio distribution (see below). These generally utilize real-time patched kernels, with additional system optimisations, such as priority settings, etc.

Wikipedia General Real-time info

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Audio-optimized Linux Distributions

Page	Description	Release Date
64 Studio	A collection of Free Software for digital content creation.	2009-03-04
AGNULA	a GNULinux audio and multimedia distribution	2005-07-06
APODIO	is an "...audio computer on a live CD bootable distribution"	2006-03-14
AVLinux	a Remastersys+Debian -based distribution with 2.6.31.12-rt21 PAE kernel
ArchAudio	The Arch Linux Pro Audio Community
ArtistX	Debian-based audio/video/graphics live CD	2008-06-10
AudioSlack	audio packages for Slackware users, from Luke Yelavich, inspired by PlanetCCRMA
Demudi	the Debian Multimedia Distribution	2005-07-06
Dynebolic	a GNULinux distribution "... shaped on the needs of media activists, artists and teachers"	2007-12-01
JackLab	an openSuSE media-optimized Linux distribution	2007-09-14
Medialinux at OSL	a Knoppix-based Linux distribution focused on multimedia	2005-05-30
Musix GNU+Linux	a "live" music and sound distro	2008-04-06
Planet CCRMA At Home	RPM packages of the Linux sound and music software used at [[http:www-ccrma.stanford.edu
Pro-Audio Gentoo Overlay	proaudio is an overlay for the Gentoo GNU/Linux portage system.
Studio To Go!	a commercially available Linux distribution optimized for audio work and including a large select..	2007-02-17
Thac's RPMs For Mandrake	includes a large collection of Linux music and sound packages
Turn-Key Linux Audio	a Linux audio distro from Kevin Ernste at the Eastman Computer Music Center	2002-05-12
Ubuntu Studio	a multimedia editing/creation flavor of Ubuntu	2009-10-27
m-dist	a SlackWare-based "live" Linux system specially tuned for MIDI and audio use, now very old (based on Slackware 9.1)	2003-12-13
openmamba livestudio	openmamba live release for creative productivity	2009-08-04
puredyne	GNULinux live CD - great for live performances, installations and newbies	2010-01-16

Related links:

Wiki entries

Real-Time Kernel related Forum entries

Real-Time related LinuxJournal.com Articles

LinuxJournal.com -- Kernel / Real Time Articles

Real-Time Application Development

http://www.isd.mel.nist.gov/projects/rtlinux/ (Intelligent Systems Division) This site is a resource for real-time software developers who use Linux.
http://tapas.affenbande.org/wordpress/?page_id=3 – Misc Infos about Linux, Music, Midi, etc.