Gah, I hate computer shopping. Now I have read that the aforementioned Turbo
Boost on these chips is problematic on linux anyway. So I'm back to not
knowing which of the i7 920 or i7 860 is a better choice for linux audio.
All opinions welcome.
thanks
Iain
Thanks for the advice in previous thread. I've got my choice of machine
edging towards the Intel i7 860 LGA 1156 on a Gigabyte P55 mobo. If anyone
knows of stopper issues for running on this config, I'd love to hear them.
Likely setup:
Distro:
- probably ubuntu studio 9.10
Software:
- Csound ( single threaded, so the higher turbo mode on i7 860 wins over i7
920 )
- Ardour
- Jammin
Hardware:
- presonus firepod
- delta 66
thanks
Iain
>Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:48:31 -0800
>From: Iain Duncan <iainduncanlists(a)gmail.com>
>Subject: [LAU] hardware & distro recos for using with Presonus
> Firepod?
>To: linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
>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 ).
>
I have successfully had twin Firepods running on Ubuntu 9.04 with
the custom rt kernel. I was never able to have non-xrun recording
otherwise.
The only hardware that seems critical is the firewire chipset. The
TI chipset seems to work fine, other not so much.
I don't have an opinion on the cpu or mobo, have used both intel
and amd. (googling "don't use this particular model#" in this application
is always a good idea.)
I have not attempted 9.10 (either vanilla or Ubuntu Studio) I'm in
the middle of a big mastering job and don't have time to fool with
the "oh, well build this and tweak that stuff that always seems to
result when changing things.
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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
IIRC you need to reinstall ubuntustudio-themes package (or something along those lines) and you should be able to pick out the original theme in gnome's appearance preferences.
Hope this helps!
Ico
P.S. apologies for top-posting. This is apparently the only way my phone let's me reply...
Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>Hopefully this isn't OT for this list, but my account at UStudio is
>screwed up and I can't log in there.
>
>Anyway, a simple (?) question: How can I restore the UStudio theme to
>the top and bottom menubars ? IIRC I deleted a package yesterday and had
>to delete the ubuntustudio-audio metapackage. That might have messed
>things up, but reinstalling that package is not possible now, I have too
>many custom-built apps that would be overwritten by the package. I've
>reinstalled all the theme-related ustudio packages, got no joy on the
>menubars. Incidentally the icon in the top left-corner of the display is
>now the default Ubuntu icon, not the nice UStudio icon.
>
>The default Jaunty theme on the menubars is just god-awful. It's got to
>go. So how do I get it gone ?
>
>Best,
>
>dp
>
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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(a)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(a)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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hi list,
for my birthday present to myself (shameless birthday plug), I've
decided to install and play with arch. anyone have any good resources
for making arch suitable for audio work? I've seen their wiki page on
the subject, I'm just curious if there is more out there.
thanks!
Josh
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