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.

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realtime

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• http://lau.linuxaudio.org/ – look here, for a list of distributions and lau-info (lau == linux-audio-user)
• http://sound.condorow.net/distro.html – list of distributions
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• pure:dyne (debian based)
• studio64 (debian based)
• Planet CCRMA
• jacklab
• ubuntustudio (debian based)
• Gentoo proAudio
• Slackware m-dist
• Musix
• Studio To Go
• artistX
• dyne:bolic

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• http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page – Real-Time Linux Wiki, with in-depth informations
• http://ubuntuusers.de/search/?query=realtime&area=wiki – (german) Ubuntu Wiki articles, rt related
• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=realtime&fullsearch=Text – (english) Ubuntu Wiki articles, rt related

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• http://www.linux-club.de/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=31817 - for SuSE/Jacklab
• http://gimpel.gi.funpic.de/Howtos/RTP_kernel/ - for SuSE/Jacklab
• http://www.captain.at/howto-linux-real-time-patch.php - Linux Real Time Patch Review - Vanilla vs. RT patch comparison
• http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=17035&start=45&sid=fb145b5d4476dc341e4132c488102b38 – debian (linux 2.6.24)
• http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-9396.html – sidux/debian realtime kernel forum discussion and tutorial

• http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=Real+Time+Linux+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxjournal.com%2F&btnG=Google-Suche&meta=

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• http://www.isd.mel.nist.gov/projects/rtlinux/ (Intelligent Systems Division) This site is a resource for real-time software developers who use Linux.

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• http://www.realtimelinuxfoundation.org/variants/variants.html - List of Linux Real-Time projects and Distributions
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-real-time-linux/ - (IBM) Anatomy of Real-Time Linux

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• http://www.redhat.com/mrg/realtime/

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• Wikipedia RTAI info:
• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTAI

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• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/ – Ingo Molnars Real Time Preemtion Kernel Patches
• http://www.kernel.org/ – Linux Kernel download

. (created by Emanuel Rumpf) last modified: 2008-08-19