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pulled the trigger on an old thinkpad yesterday. About to dive into setting up a linux-based audio production computer.
2023-06-20 · 3 weeks ago · 👍 mouseless, devalexwhite
I hope you enjoy it :) What model did you end up getting? I personally use a thinkpad x270, which while really modern, still has all of the nice features I care about like a removable battery. (It's also found online at a fair price, I've found the older ones have been getting especially expensive to the point I can't justify the cost)
it's a librebooted x230. it was not dirt cheap, but I've been reading too many articles about permacomputing and feel like I shouldn't buy a new machine if I can make a used one work for me. any advice on setting it up?
2023-06-21 · 3 weeks ago
ooh, nice. i feel like most advice i give will be too me-specific and opinionated to be helpful, but i *will* say that you should definitely check out TLP:
— TLP is essential and you might already know it, but still.
Its magic for your battery life, and will help you long term with making your battery wear out slower, it just needs a half hour to configure it to your liking, and then you never need to think about it.
Also, if you havent already, explore lighter WMs like i3 or AwesomeWM (my personal choice). There are non-tiling ones that are less resource intensive too, but I don't use them, so I don't know what to recommend.
2023-06-24 · 2 weeks ago
thanks for the suggestions. I think this battery will need all the help it can get. I chose Manjaro with sway as my distro; the Linux audio videos I found most helpful were Manjaro-based, and I have played with and enjoyed the tiling-based windows managers.
2023-06-26 · 2 weeks ago
i wish you luck in your upcoming battles with jack2. godspeed !
oh no the audio incompatability gods have been summoned! is pipewire any better? my sparse research has been inconclusive to date...
2023-06-29 · 11 days ago
Think most of my installs for like... the past couple years now? have primarily used pipewire. That honestly was more down to it just starting to ship with more distros out of the box, tbh, rather than a specific choice, but can't say I have any complaints. (Which isn't true for jack ;__;)
Also haven't been doing as much audio/music stuff in that time period, so grain of salt, but it has felt more dependable than how I remember jack2 being... Ultimately I'd suggest having as few components as possible, whatever they are. (n.b, If you find yourself installing a package called "pipewire-jack", take a step back and reflect haha.)
disclaimer: I am in no sense a pro or expert
2023-06-30 · 11 days ago