decaren
March 11th, 2009, 03:35 AM
Okay I'm not sure of exactly how to go about this, so I'll give a little history. I started using linux again about a year ago. Today I have 6 computers and 5 run Linux. Here is my current setup:
1. Acer Laptop - Ubuntu Studio 8.10 - General Purpose / Mobile Audio
2. Dell Desktop - Ubuntu 8.04LTS Server - Server
3. Home Built - Ubuntu Studio 8.10 - Audio Production Machine for Home Studio
4. Home Built (rack case) - Ubuntu Studio 8.10 - Mobile Audio(ONLY) Recording/Production Machine.
5. Home Built (htpc case) - Mythbuntu 8.10 - HTPC MythTV PVR
6. Shuttle X27D - WinXP (Soon to be Ubuntu 9.04) - Internet and Office PC
Captain obvious aside, I work in pro audio, mainly for TV but have been working a lot more lately with music again (thank god). So my actual question is about the laptop. I use it mainly for keeping me organized on the road, but it sees it's fair share audio recording/editing on the run and even some video editing while I'm on the road. I want to know what would be the best way to set it up. I run a lot of programs on the machine now and I've been noticing some lag as I get into the audio programs and more and more stuff is showing up in my ps -ax lists as I install. So my (actual) question is what would be the best solution for setup on the machine:
1. Dual boot Ubuntu 8.10 32-bit for office style work and Ubuntu 8.10 studio 64-bit for audio/video editing on separate partitions
OR
2. Use one partition and make separate instances in grub for kernels (2.6.27....generic and 2.6.27....rt) and load different sessions in gnome (office and audio/video) as I login?
OR
3. I'm open to suggestions
I know which would be the easiest, but I want to know which would be the best. I'm not 100% on how to go about doing option 2 but I can work my way through it. I've gotten my mobile audio machine pretty well streamlined with no networking, bare minimum module load, bare minimum software install. I would like to have that on my laptop as well with option to reboot and go into the office world of internet and email again when done recording. Also I was thinking about making a separate partition and mounting /home there so I could blast away installation at free will as I'm testing the setup if (pronounced when) I mess stuff up. Is this a pretty stable setup for /home??
Real quick hardware check on the laptop. Acer Extensa 4620Z. Intel Dual Core 1.5Ghz, 2Gb Ram, 160Gb HDD, DVD Burner, Wireless, 10/100Lan, Bluetooth option installed, SD/XD/MMC/MS PRO Reader, Firewire onboard, and firewire PCMCIA Card (Texas Instruments Chipsets both), Focusrite Saffire firewire audio interface, ProDrive 1Tb firewire eHDD, WD 160Gb USB eHDD. If I missed anything, just ask.
Sorry about being so long winded but I wanted to provide as much info as possible. Thanks a lot for any help or opinions. All are welcome!!!
1. Acer Laptop - Ubuntu Studio 8.10 - General Purpose / Mobile Audio
2. Dell Desktop - Ubuntu 8.04LTS Server - Server
3. Home Built - Ubuntu Studio 8.10 - Audio Production Machine for Home Studio
4. Home Built (rack case) - Ubuntu Studio 8.10 - Mobile Audio(ONLY) Recording/Production Machine.
5. Home Built (htpc case) - Mythbuntu 8.10 - HTPC MythTV PVR
6. Shuttle X27D - WinXP (Soon to be Ubuntu 9.04) - Internet and Office PC
Captain obvious aside, I work in pro audio, mainly for TV but have been working a lot more lately with music again (thank god). So my actual question is about the laptop. I use it mainly for keeping me organized on the road, but it sees it's fair share audio recording/editing on the run and even some video editing while I'm on the road. I want to know what would be the best way to set it up. I run a lot of programs on the machine now and I've been noticing some lag as I get into the audio programs and more and more stuff is showing up in my ps -ax lists as I install. So my (actual) question is what would be the best solution for setup on the machine:
1. Dual boot Ubuntu 8.10 32-bit for office style work and Ubuntu 8.10 studio 64-bit for audio/video editing on separate partitions
OR
2. Use one partition and make separate instances in grub for kernels (2.6.27....generic and 2.6.27....rt) and load different sessions in gnome (office and audio/video) as I login?
OR
3. I'm open to suggestions
I know which would be the easiest, but I want to know which would be the best. I'm not 100% on how to go about doing option 2 but I can work my way through it. I've gotten my mobile audio machine pretty well streamlined with no networking, bare minimum module load, bare minimum software install. I would like to have that on my laptop as well with option to reboot and go into the office world of internet and email again when done recording. Also I was thinking about making a separate partition and mounting /home there so I could blast away installation at free will as I'm testing the setup if (pronounced when) I mess stuff up. Is this a pretty stable setup for /home??
Real quick hardware check on the laptop. Acer Extensa 4620Z. Intel Dual Core 1.5Ghz, 2Gb Ram, 160Gb HDD, DVD Burner, Wireless, 10/100Lan, Bluetooth option installed, SD/XD/MMC/MS PRO Reader, Firewire onboard, and firewire PCMCIA Card (Texas Instruments Chipsets both), Focusrite Saffire firewire audio interface, ProDrive 1Tb firewire eHDD, WD 160Gb USB eHDD. If I missed anything, just ask.
Sorry about being so long winded but I wanted to provide as much info as possible. Thanks a lot for any help or opinions. All are welcome!!!