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Step 1: Try to use native Linux apps wherever possible.<br>
<br>
This may be a good place to start:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://UbuntuStudio.org/">http://UbuntuStudio.org/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Step 2: I recommend VirtualBox for desktop virtualization. It's free,
cross platform, and it works well. You'll need to play with it to see
if there are any hardware compatibility issues. I use it to run Ubuntu
on a Windows workstation (under duress), and I can play MP3s and Oggs
quite well. It also supports OpenGL hardware accelleration. I don't
know if it can support your external audio hardware. <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.VirtualBox.org/">http://www.VirtualBox.org/</a><br>
<br>
You can also try KVM, using libvirt and virt-manager. (I use KVM
for all my server virtualization.) KVM now has PCI-passthrough
support, which could be useful if your audio equipment hooks up through
a PCI card.<br>
<br>
Note, if your workstation does not have a processor with
virtualization support, you may get choppy sound when dealing with
audio codecs. You'll need to try it and see.<br>
<br>
<br>
Step 3: <Jeff Goldblum voiceover:>...There is no step 3! :) <br>
<br>
<br>
Please let us know how it goes.<br>
<br>
--Derek<br>
<br>
On 01/11/2010 05:33 PM, Anthony Passonno wrote:
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cite="mid:4473e8221001111733j7d2d507eo8c73ffd3a68dabee@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi there, <br>
<br>
I have been(not currently) a Linux user for probably the better part of
ten years, off and on, and I would like to request some assistance. <br>
<br>
I am a musician, and as such, require that my pro audio external card
work well, and at all supported bitrates. <br>
<br>
I am currently running a retail copy of Windows 7 Home Premium, but am
at the point where I am tired of fighting. Here's the issue: I have
an external hd, which I use to store music, movies, backups, and my
own musical creations. Every time I attempt to copy files to one
folder or another, I am required to answer a UAC prompt, or frankly ANY
file operations. To say that the Windows security model is obscure
would be an understatement, as many times today I was wishing I could
just open an xterm and chmod everything to 777 and be done with it. <br>
<br>
So, my humble request is thus: I enjoy using Linux(prefer Ubuntu) as
an everyday OS, but I need to be able to use a few different win32
programs that I would not want to relegate to Wine(and I don't think
they would work well anyway). <br>
<br>
I would need help coming up with a plan, possibly including winxp
seamless mode or something in vmware. <br>
<br>
Any advice?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Anthony Passonno<br>
<br>
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