bg4533
Headphoneus Supremus
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I consider myself a casual Linux user, but have used it for 7-8 years now I think. I am far from a Linux expert, but I know my way around and can generally do what I need to do. Recent distributions I have tried are Redhat, Slackware, Debian, Suse, Knoppix, and Mandrake. Mandrake is my distribution of choice. Redhat is the worst of these in my opinion.
Almost 2 years ago I built a new system with 2 WD Raptors in RAID 0. It worked wonderfully on Windows and I got sustained transfer rates of over 100MB/s. Redhat was the first distro the system worked on at all, but I got transfer rates of 1.5MB/s and occasional lockups. Mandrake was the first distro the system worked right on. It was also very easy to setup and use. I then set it up on my laptop and it also worked very well. Later I upgraded to Mandrake 10 and it has been stable and even more snappy. I am happy and while most distros will probably work with my system I see no reason to change from Mandrake.
I am still disappointed there are no E-MU 1212M drivers. It forces me to use Windows if I want good sound. I am considering some sort of DAC to replace the E-MU so I can use Linux again.
Almost 2 years ago I built a new system with 2 WD Raptors in RAID 0. It worked wonderfully on Windows and I got sustained transfer rates of over 100MB/s. Redhat was the first distro the system worked on at all, but I got transfer rates of 1.5MB/s and occasional lockups. Mandrake was the first distro the system worked right on. It was also very easy to setup and use. I then set it up on my laptop and it also worked very well. Later I upgraded to Mandrake 10 and it has been stable and even more snappy. I am happy and while most distros will probably work with my system I see no reason to change from Mandrake.
I am still disappointed there are no E-MU 1212M drivers. It forces me to use Windows if I want good sound. I am considering some sort of DAC to replace the E-MU so I can use Linux again.