I've been using linux for two years. Then I moved back to windows, Linux didn't have Logic..
(That was 2000-2001 I think)

eliya wrote:I've been using linux for two years. Then I moved back to windows, Linux didn't have Logic..
(That was 2000-2001 I think)

And now Windoze doesn't have Logic. And I lost my XSKey.


Thanks for the tip on musix, unarmedman. That looks like it's right up my alley and worthy of research.

Also, 64studio looks pretty cool too. Anyone used that?

unarmedman wrote:Are you looking for a pci-e or agp graphics card? Newegg (as well as most places now) is increasingly lacking in its stock of agp cards. Pricewatch.com might be a better place, as it pools from multiple hardware sales sites.

About this, are AGP graphics better? i know they're different connections on the motherboard, but which one is more robust?

the motherboard i was looking at had PCIe graphic.

thebookofkevin wrote:About this, are AGP graphics better? i know they're different connections on the motherboard, but which one is more robust?

the motherboard i was looking at had PCIe graphic.

PCI-e is definitely the way to go if buying a new system. I'm not much of a graphics card guy, but I believe the bus bandwidth of pci-e is larger, which is why all new cards are pci-e. All new chipsets are using pci-e instead of agp as well. So get it for longevity, if not for good gaming!

Also if you try out 64studio, let me know how you like it. I tried downloading that about a year or so ago, and the site was messed up for me. I was never able to download it. After trying multiple distros and waiting a couple of days I just gave up on it. But it looked very interesting.

Ubuntu claims "Ubuntu is an ancient African word that means "humanity to others"...I've heard that it's really an ancient African word for "can't configure Debian"
http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ Debian autoinstaller
All ya'all having trouble with wireless support should look into "Project Evil" or "ndis wrapper" . http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
Configuring and compiling can be intimidating to the novice, but in the end you will learn how your box works. Not everyone cares.
Live CDs such as Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/ will enable you to try linux without changing one bit on your harddrive. Download the free Image, burn image to disc, and reboot with the disk in the drive. It'll autoconfigure itself and leave without a trace of its presence or your activities.
In spite of all the Debian propaganda, I spend most of my time using FreeBSD.

Edit: The debian autoinstaller should only be used if you know that the chipset on your wireless card is supported, or if your box is physically attached to the internet.

Back then, there was almost nothing for linux. since then it pretty much developed, Ardour seems like a great thing to have. but what about drivers, etc?

Maybe i'll partition my hd and install linux on it. maybe, maybe..

eliya wrote:Back then, there was almost nothing for linux. since then it pretty much developed, Ardour seems like a great thing to have. but what about drivers, etc?

Maybe i'll partition my hd and install linux on it. maybe, maybe..

from the research i've been doing, drivers seem to be a pain in the ass indeed.

basically, at this point in time, it looks like things are limited to select products from RME, MAudio, and hacked drivers for the Eµ 1616.

that said, RME seems like the best bet.

For servers I'm a big fan of FreeBSD. It generally won't support the newest craziest video card or whatever, but I've kept it running for years at a time without hiccups - IMO it does a great job making the most fo a machine's resources.

That said Ubuntu makes a good desktop, and I'm looking forward to their their media distribution.

I'm running xubuntu on a 10 year old Dell Pentium I 200Mhz, as a LAMP server.

Even though it's the lite version of ubuntu (xfce) it still isn't very happy with all the graphics. it's very fast as a file server when it doesn't need to use the crappy video card.

www.linuxfromscratch.org/ appears to be a novel new approach to understanding Linux. You start by installing a minimal operating system, then slowly piece it together.