Audacity Forum

Thank you all for the help, I tested a Linux setup today and it seemed stable, (ram pegged at around 300 mb) to be honest It would probably be fine on a Windows setup too but I am a little concerned as the recommended requirements for windows is a double the specs of the laptop. anyway it' works so ...

it would be 1 recording (if possible) I can possible get someone to stop it half way through during a 15 minute intermission and start it but i'd prefer not to just incase they forget to start it again, it's not a powerful laptop so I will try linux as it seems to need less in the recommended requir...

don't know about never getting sick, I'm an It student with enough linux experience to get the job done, and it needs to be reliable for the entire 3+ hours so I wasn't sure what the best would be

HI, I currently have been given a laptop with a 1.6 Ghz processor and 2 gig ram to be used as a dedicated Audacity Recorder for a 3+ record from our mixer. I have all the hardware required and it all works with windows and linux My question is what would be the best operating system to use to record...