I have managed to add the
rpmforge repository by following
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalRes...ories/RPMForge. A simple
yum install audacity installed audacity.
Unfortunately audacity complained a few times about not being able to detect a sound device. It also froze a couple of times. The secret to make it work was to disable "Play other tracks while recording new one" as well as disabling "Software Playthrough".
At this moment I am recording "Weasels ripped my flesh" from Zappa & the Mothers of Invention. Next one will be the Iron Butterfly "In-a-gadda-da-vida" LP
RE: installing a different OS completely
I don't mind
Two years ago on the T-Dose open source conference in Eindhoven, somebody introduced me to CentOS and I finally found a reason to try it.
The Akai ATT05U turnable can also connect to an amplifier, it has the RIAA correction built-in, to play records the old-fashioned way. So no way I would re-gift it.
RE: your AUDIODEVICE tip
When I install a new OBSD snapshot I surely will your suggestions and report the outcome. Thanks