Hi Gustin :)

> The Internet is a great place to do research.  You did ask here before
> you bought, and I know at least I (there may have been others) strongly
> encouraged you toward an Intel solution.

I can't pay for Intel and Arthur has a gigabyte ga-p35-ds3l with an
intel q6600. Chipset seems to be Intel P35 Express / Intel ICH9. What
did Arthur wrong?

There are some old boards that are definitive fine with 64 Studio and
that are not expensive, but I didn't find a dealer who sells those
boards. Also those boards aren't available second hand with the warranty
that they aren't defect.

I also get recommendations to buy AMD, for example your suggestion was:

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:     Re: [64studio-users] Hardware for a Linux DAW prefered
    running 64studio
    Date:     Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:00:11 -0600
    From:     Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    CC:     64studio-users mailing list <[email protected]>
    References:     <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



    I have no idea what this costs wherever you are, but in my neck of the
    woods you can get 2 GB of DDR2 + AMD 4200+ (dual core) + Asus M2N-VM for
    ~$199 CDN brand new.

> Also, the nature of my job means that I get to see a lot of different
> kinds of hardware, some of which I build Linux based systems around.
>
> Plus I have a really good personal relationship with a local computer
> parts dealer (and this is a really useful thing to have).  If something
> does not work for me, they take it back no questions asked (and almost
> never a restocking fee).  Of course I have been shopping here for 15
> years, so the owners and a lot of the staff know who I am, and trust my
> motives.

You won't find such a dealer where I live. I have contacts too, e.g. the
friend who would buy my M2A-VM, but that won't be a help, if I don't
know what to buy instead.

> > In Germany most dealers only sell AM2 and LGA775 based systems. There
> >  isn't really a choice to get a new computer that has a future.
>
> I am currently a big fan of Intel, and I tell everyone who asks (and
> sometimes I even tell those who don't ask).

Intel is extreme expensive in Germany and as a wrote above, Intel can
fail too.

> > So I think I have to wait, independent from the AM2 based mobo, a
> > Linux DAW seems to be unstable. I guess I won't try a 32-bit install,
> > if you have tested it.
>
> There are a number of other issues that you avoid by going with a 32 bit
> install, although this minor issues are disappearing with every
> passing day.

Not for the applications I'm using. Everything is fine until now, as
long as I don't run a MIDI sequencer.

> There are some underlying issues with the 2.6.26 series that is causing
> the Ubuntu Studio guys and gals some sleepless nights.  The 2.6.27
>  is the series that shows promise for media production people.

'The latest prepatch for the stable Linux kernel tree is: 2.6.27-rc8'
but there's still no rt patch at
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/. There also isn't a
2.6.25 rt patch, but Suse has got a 2.6.25 rt kernel, so there seems to
be a way to build such a patch, but I don't know how to do this.

Cheers,
Ralf

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