[linux-audio-user] Building a DAW - couple of questions

Hey folks, I'm considering building a Linux DAW and have a few questions. First of all I have a Delta 1010LT soundcard. Does anyone have experience with using that card on Linux? Any caveats I should know about? Secondly, I think I've narrowed down my mobo/CPU combination and wonder if there's anything to watch out for there. Here it is: CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400 Thoroughbred 2.0 Ghz 266Mhz FSB Mobo: Asus A7N8X Deluxe NVIDIA nForce2 SPP, nForce2 MCP-T chipsets Also, related to hardware, there seems to be a myriad of hard disk choices out there. The mobo seems to have built in support for standard ATA IDE and SATA. I haven't read the manual yet to find out the details, but I'm thinking about going the older ATA100, 7200RPM route since the drives are about half the price. Am I shooting myself in the foot by doing this? Should I buy a PCI IDE controller or is it possible to get reasonable results from the onboard controller? What are some drives you have had success (or failure) with? Finally, I would like to be able to record in remote locations without having to bring along a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. I was thinking about using my laptop to open a remote X session on the main box. Is that a practical scenario or would that drain too many resources on the main box to be productive? This is mainly an experimental project. I don't need this box for everyday professional use or anything. I'm just trying to build a Linux box on a shoestring and hopefully get it to work with the audio stuff. I'm really trying to keep costs down to around $400 US -- pipe dream maybe, but we'll see. Thanks, Greg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com