Thanks Daniel, that&#39;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&#39;s been years since I paid attention to hardware for linux audio and suddenly I need to replace a machine quickly. I&#39;m hoping to stay in midrange for price. Too many options!<br>
<br>Iain<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Danni Coy <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:danni.coy@gmail.com">danni.coy@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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.<br>

<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Iain Duncan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:iainduncanlists@gmail.com" target="_blank">iainduncanlists@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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Hi folks, my machine just died so it&#39;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? <br>


<br>Anyone have experiences to share re the Ubuntu Studio 9.10 and the Firepod? ( or other presonus firewire cards ).<br><br>thanks<br><font color="#888888">Iain<br>
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