You can try a dualboot with windows and linux first, so you can get use to linux... I think Ubuntu studio is a good distro to start with. http://ubuntustudio.org/ Regards, david wrote: > JiNN wrote: > > >> I have recently been thinking about going to linux on my DAW. I >> currently use fruity loops and run a winxp pro sp2, with a bunch of VST. >> There have been a couple of issues which made me try to seek another O/S >> for my audio. Number one is that I like to run a lot of VST, and >> I also like to have my project from sequencing to pre mastering all in >> one project. This, of course means a lot of CPU since i try to do as much >> as possible without rendering it to .wav and back, since this takes >> time, especially for little changes when mixing. Another issue is the >> windows 2gig ram application limit. I hit this a couple of times and was >> left in a dead end as to what to do. Vista is probably out of the option >> right >> now since I hate how much garbage is in there and how much cpu it needs >> just to run. So I am thinking to switching to linux, but would like to >> ask a couple of question. If someone can spare a couple of minutes and >> pass your opinion on these subjects/questions, i would appreciate it >> very much. >> >> 1) How is VST adaptors for linux? I was reading there a couple of them. >> Has anyone had trouble with them? >> >> 2) I assume linux is a lot better with RAM than windows, and was curious >> if there are any people who are on this list >> that actually switched over and could tell me if they really could >> "do" a lot more in linux with the same hardware specs than in windows. >> > > Well, Linux runs faster than Windows did on the hardware I have here. I > don't have anything high-end or particularly modern here. The server is > running a Sempron 3000+ (1.8GHz Sempron processor, 1GB RAM). My laptop > is running a 1.5GHz Celeron with 768MB RAM. But I don't do serious > on-computer sound processing, do more composition work and drive my > Yamaha PSR-225GM for sound. > > >> Does linux have some sort of application RAM limit? >> > > I don't know. I know that last week I was working with a very large > (43000x3900 pixels) panoramic 24-bit TIFF image in TheGIMP, and GIMP > reported using 1.2GB of RAM. > > If the issue is your amount of data, you could use a 64-bit Linux on > 64-bit hardware and leave such concerns in the dust. > > >> 3) What is everyone's favority sequencer for linux? I know there are a >> couple of them. Which one is your favorite? >> > > I like Rosegarden, but I have no idea how it would compare to FruityLoops. > > >> 4) I have never used linux before. Would it be better for me to install >> linux first and after im comfortable try audio on it? >> > > Try one of the Live Linux CDs. For one thing, they'll tell you if Linux > supports your hardware. > > >> 5) I assume there are DirectX adaptor also. Correct? >> > > I don't know. I don't have any hardware here that supports DirectX even > under Windows. > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
