Asus eee PC 701 as a theater music player?

Question

linux

Hello.
I know that the question about Asus eee PC has been repeatedly raised on Habré . But I'm interested in a rather specific question:
There is an old Asus eee PC 701. They intend to play music from it at the performance. What is the best way to install it? Perhaps there is some kind of Linux distribution that immediately works as a Media Center or DJ Console? Or is it still worth installing one of the standard OSes (which is redundant for this task, in my opinion), and already installing third-party music programs there?
I’ll explain right away why this iron was chosen: the performance is planned to be played at various venues. Such a small thing is convenient to bring with you, and work anywhere. Leading from a mobile phone or tablet is very inconvenient.
Thanks in advance for any replies.

Answer 1

If you plan to play music at a performance, you will also need high-quality sound. I recommend purchasing an external USB sound card. Any axis can be set. and to work as a media center, you can use XBMC

Answer 2

Sorry for the mistake, but don't worry. Any Linux distribution will do. XBMC even works fine on Raspberry Pi.

Answer 3

For these purposes, the Windows that comes with it initially also work normally. I have 4G and 2G Surf. Both plowed like a DJ workstation. The sound was chased from the standard output, played through AMP and WinAMP. The DJ mixed tracks through usb headphones. The problem only occurred with 2G Surf + WinAMP. The latter leaked from memory and after one and a half to two hours it was consuming an already small amount of RAM, bringing the system to a swap. Everything hung and required a reboot. With 4G, there is no such problem.

Answer 4

Personally, I use Asus eee pc900 for performances (I don’t think it’s much different from 700 in terms of power), it costs ubuntu, I drive the sound from mocp (it’s more pleasant and convenient for me), if a person unfamiliar with the console sits on the sound, then: we play the sound through a GUI player, or a person learns (and rather quickly, as it turned out) mocp commands.
Well, now, probably, even from a tablet you can turn on music, since there are many players with crossfaders for android (which I really missed in mocp)