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Real Time
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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Wikipedia General Real-time info
Audio-optimized Linux Distributions
- 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
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_audio_software#Distributions – wikipedia list of linux audio distributions
- http://linuxrockstar.blogspot.com/2006/08/quick-linux-audio-distribution-guide.html – Quick Linux Audio Distribution Guide
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Wiki entries
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Real-Time Kernel related Forum entries
- 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
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LinuxJournal.com articles -- Real-Time related
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.
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Real-Time Linux
- 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
- http://www.redhat.com/mrg/realtime/ – Redhats MRG Realtime
- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTAI – wikipedia article: RTAI Linux
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System Setup related
Recent Realtime Kernels
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for Debian (and derived) Distributions:
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(page created by Emanuel Rumpf 2008-08-19)
last modified: 2008-08-26
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