-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi: What do you plan to do with your audio workstation? As you can imagine, editing one file with Audacity is very different from running a SuperCollider server for many users while simultaneously recording its output with Ardour *and* broadcasting it on the Internet. Christopher. On 03/03/2012 05:29 PM, Kyrian wrote: > Folks, > > I know what hardware spec I'd put in a server, and what spec I'd > put in a standard workstation, but can anyone give me some idea of > what a decent spec is for a Fedora Music / PlanetCCRMA / etc > workstation is please? Do I really need a quad-(or more-)core > system? what about RAM? etc? Assume I've done all the sane things > like install Jack, kick Pulseaudio to the curb where it belongs, > disable unnecessary services, etc. My current box is an "AMD > Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+" based system, but it seems to struggle > with even the most basic tasks, and I struggle to see why. I want > to be in a situation where I can be 75%+ sure that the hardware is > fast enough and not causing me issues. > > I don't hold with this (apparent) Microsoft philosophy of that the > newer version of windows is faster, but that's because your new PC > that comes pre-installed will be faster by virtue of Moore's Law, > so I usually refrain from upgrading hardware too quickly, but this > whole Fedora Music thing is a different ball-game for me, where I > really genuinely might need the extra resources for a useful > purpose. > > K. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPUpytAAoJEInCktGVqZ8VWTUH/izxIiCbrWhK1bW57AWZtO4z jaHnD92jxaH/YQ2LAg5vgoQ1LCEMnWROVSdFvCdyEJ/VrO1Nm7WWdjMZIi87D/rT OCyxiOtBbEtYf/E6c6lf77YVtbxVerlKzVh/+QMSHESqhtHVbAWrxtE2TOqWROH3 C/zIFA9Tgp0casH5oYEDenRqkz03rwJYHMcEUdHIJWSXqR0filEz+ieZPCBD0BT+ k6b9vNP5DPqMUx5RsRdrsMRuvi8E0l055DZ9qgialmLXGLX8c575BooYeNLxJVqn iweHkWtmKO7oUFU0DUXH3fMrCMDkdHC4ozEkPPRCcH4X0fww2xYZhNog8Onj8W0= =0si2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ music mailing list music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music
