Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio recording advice

2008-12-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 06:42:22PM +, Roger Lancefield wrote: I'd like to be able to capture the input from a mic connected to an embedded motherboard audio chipset (Intel 82801G controller). Obviously, there are plenty of FOSS sound recorders available, but I'm looking for one that will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread Rob Beard
On 30 Nov 2008, at 20:59, Ian Pascoe wrote: Matt / Lee thanks for the advice. I had wondered if the age of the system would be it's own stumbling block, and certainly from what you guys have said it probably is. Oh well, looks like the drop in VAT, and the Xmas sales have come just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread Darren Mansell
Yep, components are so cheap now, and eBuyer.com are offering free delivery when you spend over £50 (you have to choose the 5 working day delivery option but usually the order is delivered within 2 or 3 days anyway!). You'd possibly find though that newer motherboards generally now

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio recording advice

2008-12-01 Thread Roger Lancefield
2008/12/1 Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 06:42:22PM +, Roger Lancefield wrote: I'd like to be able to capture the input from a mic connected to an embedded motherboard audio chipset (Intel 82801G controller). Obviously, there are plenty of FOSS sound

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread Seb Ward
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread Rob Beard
On 1 Dec 2008, at 10:24, Darren Mansell wrote: I sold my EEE PC about 10 months ago and for (almost) the same money built a very respectable rig with bits from ebuyer. My spec was: Decent Abit mainboard AMD Athlon X2 4200+ 2GB Corsair standard stuff 2 x 250GB Samsung SATA HDD's (in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread gav
On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 01:52:42PM +, Rob Beard wrote: I'm currently running an Athlon X2 3800+ and that seems pretty quick (I did have a Phenom X4 9600 but it died over the weekend and the Athlon X2 was the only thing I had which could chuck in the board). I could also recommend

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread Chris Coulson
2008/12/1 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 1 Dec 2008, at 10:24, Darren Mansell wrote: I sold my EEE PC about 10 months ago and for (almost) the same money built a very respectable rig with bits from ebuyer. My spec was: Decent Abit mainboard AMD Athlon X2 4200+ 2GB Corsair

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Coulson wrote: You're probably referring to this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249 Regards Chris Yeah that was it. TBH, there's not much difference in price between some of the Foxconn boards and other boards from MSI/Gigabite/ASUS etc. Rob --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread Rob Beard
gav wrote: I've not really found a massive multi-core chip to be needed on a modern Linux desktop, recently I've moved over to an Atom processor on my desktop, this board: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147222 Works beautifully under Ubuntu and Debian for me and the whole system runs with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread gav
On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 04:46:54PM +, Rob Beard wrote: I'm considering an Atom Dual Core for my server (it's currently running an Athlon 1400) although I'm not sure what to do after reading this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-efficiency,2069.html The Atom seems to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread Darren Mansell
On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:21:15 +, Chris Coulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/12/1 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 1 Dec 2008, at 10:24, Darren Mansell wrote: I sold my EEE PC about 10 months ago and for (almost) the same money built a very respectable rig with bits from ebuyer. My