I really like nitro-sources. They aren't supported in any official way, but
you can find them in the Unsupported Software section on the Gentoo Forums.
The current release is 2.6.13.2-nitro1 ("Down with latency"), but I would
maybe advise waiting until nitro2 comes out (seppe, the maintainer, said it
would hopefully be soon), as it will fix a lagging issue with the ck5
patchset.

On 10/4/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/4/05, Karol Krizka <kkrizka@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been following the music with linux kernel thread and I started
> > wondering what would be the best patchset for a desktop use. I have
> > read the Gentoo Kernel Guide and from it seems to me that ck-sources
> > are the best.
> >
> > What do you use on your desktop? Are there any other patches that you
> > would recommend? Is there any patches your would recommed for a
> > laptop?
> >
>
> I think that it really depends on your needs. I'm very happy right now
> with the very latest testing kernel from the developers. Basically
>
> 2.6.14-rc3 + rt7
>
> However many others might not be. It was hard to find a configuration
> that compiled. Once I did the side effects so far have been very
> minimal. Then again my application is essentially recording studio
> oriented. I need very low real time latencies. This kernel is giving
> me that, but there are costs, such as no ATI driver support, etc.
>
> So, I think it really depends on your needs.
>
> As for ck-sources, it builds for me and it does run, but so farit
> doesn't seem to play with the Jack server and Jack apps very well. I
> expect it's me and not ck-sources, but I don't know.
>
> So, my desktop usage is probably very different from yours and we end
> up making different choices.
>
> My 2 cents,
> Mark
>
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