On 5/12/05, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 06:44 -0400, lanas wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm plaaning to get a new home PC that could also be used (along with > > software development) for creating and recording music. > > > > What I'd like to do: sequence MIDI external sounds (synth module(s)), > > add accoustic guitar and flute, record everything to wav and/or Ogg > > Vorbis formats (using original external synths sounds). Optionally, to > > be also able to choose from a palette of SoundFonts (as I did with > > my current PC, using a SB Live! card and MusE). > > > > What I'd like to get as PC: an Athlon 64bit based mobo, 2 GB RAM, some > > 250 GB disk storage. graphics card not that important as it's not used > > to play games (why not on-board graphic ?). Operating system: in the > > end most likely handmade Linux based on LFS (Linux From Scratch) but for > > starters SuSE 9.3 64-bit, or any other that's good enough. > > > > Now, is there some strong allergic reaction between a Linux Audio > > setup and 64-bit CPUs ? Are 64-bits platforms recommended for audio > > purposes or is it better to wait a few more years ? If it's OK, which > > mobo would you recommend ? > > If you want it to Just Work I would say wait a year or get a 32 bit > system. Many people seem to buy x86_64 systems and expect it to be 100% > as reliable as a 32 bit system. But of course this will not be so, as > 32 but x86 has been around for 20-25 years, and x86-64 came out what, 6 > months ago? > > I would recommend avoiding 64 bit systems until there is a mature > pure-64 distro to run on it. AFAICT it does not exist yet. You can get a 64 and run in legacy mode. The 64 is not much more expensive than the XP counterparts. I have been using 64 for quite a while now...between 1 and 2 years somewhere. Some stuff is not as stable and my DVD burner just now started working with the newer kernels. I run into few problems really though. There are several full fledged distributions for the 64. I use Gentoo myself and they now have a GRP for the 64 (when I installed stage3 was most pre-built you could get).
