#Manjaro vs arch performance plus#
The pre-built binaries are a huge plus for me. but again I would have to transition my Arch to Manjaro, which is a thing I can't do. Manjaro could actually make easier to test kernels as they are compiled. Maybe I will find the time to see how current linux-rt versions work on Btrfs filesystems (although I will only be able to check that on a virtual machine). Also I feel like I have started too many personal projects. However, I have realized that building kernels and testing them is too much work for me at the moment, especially for the fact that I feel I would need a dedicated workstation (don't really want to stress my only laptop with endless compilation and tests). We looked already into this and we found some sets of tests that could be performed. My hard-core jack setups are much more xruns free on linux than on linux-rt. I have realized few weeks ago that my Arch box works better with the stock kernel than with the RT kernel from archaudio.
#Manjaro vs arch performance pro#
Indeed, trying to understand how system configuration and software relates to pro audio performance is hard. Gimmeapill wrote:Too bad we still cannot reliably benchmark performance when it comes to pro audio. Are there any other Manjaro musicians out there? Any other Arch users excited about Manjaro's realtime kernels? I wonder if realtime kernels will make anyone take a first or second look at Manjaro. I love the work done on KXstudio and AVLinux, but after running a rolling release based on Arch for so long, it would be hard for me to look back and try another distro. Manjaro and realtime kernels can make it a much, much easier music distro. If you don't mind going out on your own a bit and not being on AVLinux or KXstudio, Arch (or derivatives) can be a good music distro.
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I've been a happy Manjaro user for a few years and these realtime kernels make me even happier. I hope this brings even more activity to Arch's AUR and to the official Arch repos around music production. Now Manjaro is making it super easy to run an Arch-based distro with a realtime kernel. Manjaro already makes it easy to enjoy Arch's cutting-edge rolling releases. As of a few weeks ago, Manjaro has been providing official compiled realtime kernels for music production in their repos, and with quite a few hardware support options.