On Thursday 30 April 2009 13:44:31 nescivi wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm thinking of getting a Shuttle PC to run sound installations from (I > need a portable machine for transport). The particular one I have an eye on > is this one: > > Shuttle KPC K4500 Desktop, 1.8GHz Celeron, 512MB, 80GB, Foresight Linux > Desktop Computer > > probably getting a little bit more memory for it, just to be sure. > And I'll build in my Terratec EWS88 as an audio card. > (One of the reasons to go for a Shuttle, rather than the also tempting Asus > EeeBox, but then I'd need an external soundcard, which doesn't seem to be > there in lowcost, but many channels, and probably USB; I need at least > 4in-8out for the installation). > > Does anyone have experience with Shuttle machines for audio work? I have an old Shuttle X with Ubuntu Studio on it and a delta 1010 in it and I don't recall any problems. I never pushed it very hard and it has been a while since I fired it up though. > > Does anyone have audio experience with Foresight Linux? > or should I just take that off the machine, and put Ubuntu or Debian on it > instead? > > Main apps I need are emacs, SuperCollider, JACK... and the machine should > run for a couple of months non-stop. (which generally doesn't seem to be a > problem with the particular sound installation; I've done it before, and > the only cause for shutdown was power failure in the building). > > > Sincerely, > Marije all the best, drew _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
