Re: [LAU] Hard lock-ups plus MOTU UltrLite Mk3

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 09:50:45PM -0400, Darren Landrum wrote:
> Well, I decided to run memtest86, and it locked up during the test. I
> can only conclude that I have a major hardware issue, and it's getting
> worse. At this point, my best guess is the motherboard.
>
> For the time being, I'm stuck on my little netbook (MSI Wind) until I
> can find the money to build out a new system. Oh well, it works. It's
> not Linux, though.
>
> I've stopped caring about the Linux/Windows/Mac debate for now. Macs are
> four time more expensive than they should be, Windows has a bad habit
> these days of assuming I don't have the rights to use my own digital
> media files, and Linux is full of half-finished applications that don't
> work very well together. Conclusion: they all suck, just in different ways.
>
> What's a broke lone-wolf musician to do?
>

Load linux on your Wind and run Linux audio stuff on there.

Huge Ardour sessions or PD patches might not be so happy, but Fluidsynth and samplers will.

-ken
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Received on Mon May 25 08:15:01 2009