> 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 I'm in the process of building a Linux-based DAW as well. My question is what distribution should I go with? I'm leaning towards Mandrake 9.1 or Red Hat 9.. but I'm open to suggestions. Thanks. -- Darryl MacLeod Technology Consultant http://derbtech.d2g.com/ d.macleod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx