[LAU] Video Drivers and Audio, ZaReason, and MacMini

Brian Bergstrom boilingbergstrom at gmail.com
Wed Apr 6 03:04:43 UTC 2011


Hey all, 

1. I am researching to build a new system here and need to make the
video decision of NVidia or ATI.  My goal is to be able to run 3d games
and do my audio work on the same linux installation if possible.  

I know in the past I heard bad things about the binary proprietary
drivers and realtime audio(freezing, xruns, etc).  Is this still the
case?  Does realtime Jack audio have issues with the proprietary
drivers, or with composting window managers?

There are plenty of reviews on linux graphics performance for nvidia,
nouveau, fglrx, and radeon(mesa/gallium3d), but none on xrun stability.
Anyone have experience/recommendations?

2. System76 and ZaReason seem to be the two popular companies in Linux
PC sales. I would like to avoid Ubuntu so that outs System76.  Anyone
have good/bad experiences with ZaReason? http://zareason.com

3. Lastly, anyone have any info on multi-booting the Intel MacMini with
Linux for audio?  I'd rather not get an Apple, but I need to get my
linux audio fix and my Diablo 3 fix(someday) and am avoiding Windows.

Thanks,
Brian



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