On 25 July 2008 at 11:25, "b m" <otherbobby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am going to build a new machine specifically for recording and producing > professional audio. I am somewhat new to Linux (and to building computers), > but I would like to dual boot XP and Ubuntu and gradually switch over to > Ubuntu for my recording projects. Before you settle on Ubuntu, _especially_ if music is your main application for this machine, have a look at the various audio optimized distributions. Try here: http://www.ubuntustudio.org/ -- much like your choice http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/ -- well supported http://www.mandriva.com/ -- my choice http://www.64studio.com/ -- 64-bit option http://www.dynebolic.org/ -- I looked at it once http://demudi.agnula.org/ Good luck.... -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user