[LAU] hardware & distro recos for using with Presonus Firepod?

[Iain Duncan]

Thanks Daniel, that's good to know. Do you ( or anyone else ) have a
recommendation as to the ( holy war ) AMD Phenom vs Intel i5 or i7 question?
It's been years since I paid attention to hardware for linux audio and
suddenly I need to replace a machine quickly. I'm hoping to stay in midrange
for price. Too many options!

Iain

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Danni Coy <danni.coy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would look for a microatx Gygabyte Mainboard with built in firewire... I
> have one of these at home, Gygabyte are one of the only manufacturers that
> do onboard texas instruments firewire. Which was at least when I was looking
> at it generally the to have chipset family for firewire audio on linux.
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Iain Duncan <iainduncanlists at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi folks, my machine just died so it's time to shop for a new one, and
>> might as well kick the tires on distros at the same time. Can anyone give my
>> their recommendations (and stay-away-froms) for a microATX factor board/chip
>> combo that will work well for setting up a linux audio workstation to be
>> used with a Presonus Firepod?
>>
>> Anyone have experiences to share re the Ubuntu Studio 9.10 and the
>> Firepod? ( or other presonus firewire cards ).
>>
>> thanks
>> Iain
>>
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