skinny honkie wrote:Offered with the qualification that I've only used FW kit for sketchpad stuff...
I haven't had my hands on an FP10, but if it really is just a firepod by any other name, it'll need it's firmware updated on a windows box/mac first to run reliably, and it'll have really uneven frequency response. I doesn't necessarily sound bad at all, but if you're after transparency, shop elsewhere. I wish Motu would pull finger and put out for-real linux drivers. I've been told that the Terratec Phase 88 runs more reliably under linux using the FFADO/Freebob driver than it runs on windows or macs with the terratec driver, but that wouldn't be too hard. That's 2nd-hand info tho, and I wouldn't go looking for one myself. Possibly it or the FP10 are the pick of an average bunch.

In all honesty, firewire audio on linux is pretty shit.

skinny honkie wrote:Dude, that repetitive disk spin-up sounds like either a borked drive or a borked disk - does the disk pass a media check/does the iso pass MD5?
If it's the drive, you could alternatively try a network install.

rayj wrote:I just finished building a home computer...again. As soon as I have the spare time to hash out the ability to use it...say a couple of days off work, maybe...I'm making the plunge into ubuntu. Unfortunately, I like playing games every once in awhile, so it's a dual-boot configuration until I get another computer pieced together.