tim hall wrote: >I spend most of my time recycling equipment that the rest of you would >probably consider to be doorstops. On older MoBos you should avoid SiS >chipsets like the plague. I don't know if that's improved recently. > >When I have a couple of hundred to spend, I'm surely going to treat myself and >put together a Linux-compatible DAW. All Macs are purpose built, many Windows >boxes are specifically designed and need to be considering the paucity of >drivers that come with XP. Although reconfiguring old Windows Office boxes to >run Debian always feels like some kind of victory, I'm always aware how much >these machines weren't designed to do what I'm trying to do with them. This >becomes more and more apparent as soon as you start trying to make music. > I want to understand how the design of these (Win-centric) mobos are a hindrance to running Linux. Can you explain what to look for in mobos to run Linux -- especially for what we are concerned with? Are there mobos on the market that are designed with Linux in mind or explicitly for Linux? Maybe we could come up with a list of mobos that are favorable/unfavorable for Linux (maybe one exists?) A list of mobos for Linux-Audio would be preferable, but I think this is asking too much. Maybe not. brad
