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> No recommendation, but a few comments;

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> It's fairly straightforward to get X to run without a window manager -

> just don't start one! This should work well as long as your single app

> only has a single window. With more than one window, you more or less

> need a window manager.

The application in question is freewheeling and yes it is single window. I

have written a script to make all this happen for X including starting jack

and making all the right connections. I am just not happy with the boot speed

of the current setup.... and am having difficulty finding reliable

documentation to improve it.
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> "Working firewire" depends highly on what firewire hardware you are

> using, since firewire audio devices don't have the same kind of

> standardisation that USB devices do. Check with the FreeBoB people.

Yes the device is supported by freebob -> Some minimalist distro's for example

Puppy linux don't ship with Firewire drivers enabled in the kernel and it is

a conciderable PITA to compile these from source.
> As long as you're not planning to distribute the software packages you

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> build (in which case you have to worry about dependencies and

> compatibility), it's pretty easy to build your own packages at least on

> DEB and RPM based systems. Just install Checkinstall, and type

> 'checkinstall' instead of 'make install' when you've built the software.

> It will generate a package file automatically.

A deb based system would be ideal.... What I really want though is something

fairly minimal with good documentation on how to rip out anything unnessary

out of the boot process.  ~15 seconds to a usuable system would be a nice

target. A realtime kernel would be great too....
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