Nailuj

well im going linux on one of my rigs...again. im wondering if theres a distribution thats better at running windows games (through emulation and the like). and ill be doing some recording on it to (recording guitar riffs onto pc to be more specific) well thanks for the advice,

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DjQurt

Linux Mint has good results with gaming don't know about recording though.

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Systemic_Anomaly

1st recommendation: Slackware because its the most stable and light distro around. it's the original linux. i have better results with WinE than in Ubuntu
2nd recommendation: Ubuntu not because its easier but because its package manager owns.

Linux isn't all that great for recording sound hate to say it. unless you configure your alsa driver correctly that is. and that's no easy task.

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in good hands any distro will do the job

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dglkn

well, I'm not sure about games, BUT...

For sound recording, you'll have to learn about the Jack Audio Server. It's actually really awesome, because you can synchronize between applications. For example, you can easily set up a drum pattern in Hydrogen, and record your guitar in Ardour without having to export to .wav and import to a new track, etc.

Here's a quick tutorial on synchronizing Ardour with Hydrogen:

http://www.ubustu.com/globe/2007/09/...n-with-ardour/

As for the distribution, I'd say get Ubuntu for the ease of use, and upgrade to Ubuntu Studio through the package manager.

The Hundred Gunner

What do you mean by that? If you mean wine as in the emulator... How does that compare to Ubuntu, an OS?

I've had good luck running games in Linux Mint and Suse.

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BonnJovi

Doesn't a game have to be compatible with OpenGL to work in WINE?

The Hundred Gunner

No, although it usually should be OGL to work natively (which apparently isn't a word in the English dictionary...)

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"Linux is everywhere, it is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. " - mbp

"I have used a mac before. And they still don't have right click I mean come on." - aakar

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