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Make SnakeOil install much easier
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Kernel builder is cool, because it's that little bit extra push that can really make a beautiful system sounds like it's real. The idea of kernel building is to basically use the power of crowdsourcing to find a good version, then some good settings. From there on we can make individual tweaks to taste.

There's not really a lot of things to test really,
  1. Drivers to include/exclude - This is a no brainer, if you use NVMe, you gotta have have those drivers, ditto for network, USB and audio devices)
  2. Drivers to be installed in kernel, or as a module (kmod) - This has subtle differences. But I am unsure what sounds better
  3. Various timer, schedulers
  4. Kernel versions - big kettle of fish. Newer versions will have better support and stability. But may not sound as good
  5. RT patches - Probably related to 4.
1 cannot be helped. And 2-5 are simple, but because there are so many kernels the process can get complicated. 

Still looking to upgrade my hardware. I'm looking for something that accepts a USB card, and also SFP (optical does make the sound cleaner), and small enough to be powered by a LPS. We need an audiophile hardware maker to make a USB + SFP card that works on PCI-e x2 (or x4)...  Making it one slot will make things easier, otherwise I have to buy breakout boards and that's not always reliable.

But yeah, kernel builder is kind of pointless if I still cannot successfully make Snakeoil easily installable for the masses.
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Make SnakeOil install much easier - by Snoopy8 - 29-Jul-2023, 11:11 AM
RE: Make SnakeOil install much easier - by Snoopy8 - 01-Aug-2023, 12:06 PM
RE: Make SnakeOil install much easier - by emptor - 04-Aug-2023, 06:58 AM
RE: Make SnakeOil install much easier - by agent_kith - 06-Aug-2023, 09:28 AM

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