Much appreciated Tigretto... attaboy !!!. I've been using Linux & it's distros since '04. Mainly because Windows on the web, well; it's like an open windows for everyone malicious or not, to crawl inside your PC... your life !, & take a peek, or worst. "steal jobs" Apple, don't let me get started on that cra... , ah; rip off. Even as it is a bit bloated, for general use I settled on Ubuntu, specifically Ubuntu Studio; since as a musician, graphic, video & photo enthusiast; plus a bit of a computer geek too, it fit my needs just right. Awhile ago I tried to install FS9 on a maxed options Dell D-830 Core 2 Duo lappy (put the fastest chip on it), on Ubuntu 16 something; latest at that time POL & Wine, nope. Not enough oomph. Same on a souped up Asus K53e, i7 & Ubu's 18 something, a little better but still not quite right. From your insightful post, it seems like I was missing what you found from "booman". Sometime next week I will try your method on a fresh Win 7, 8 or 10 Pro install (all corporate serial #'s). On a Dell lappy which was "handed down" to me with a proto MB & an AMD dual thread 6 core chip, both tech companies in my neighborhood. Of course, Ubu Studio 20.04.2 (20.04.4 if you consider the "full install). The latest POL & Wine. Tried Ubu 20.10 Studio & hate how slow & buggy it is. Sure, not an LTS yet & maybe in the future ?. Not quite sure about Ubu Desktop or Sever for that matter; but have you souped up your Ubu install with Back Ports & specially the "sudo apt full-upgrade" as described at https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-installer & https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/BackportsPPA . Being this quite a powerful AMD PC, I wonder how your set up will fare with FSX or other flight sims like X-Plane or the new MS FS2020. As always or usually the case, the more PC power; the better. Obviously, SSD drives are essential. But I have good results booting Ubu on Sandisk Extreme GO 3.0 & up USB flashies. Somehow other brands that are supposed to have good random seek memory capabilities, as what is needed to run Linux on them... not that great. Actually, I'm writing this right now on a Sandisk flash drvr, one of the Asus K53e I kind of love & hate & with an i5 2.5 gig chip. On the main boot SSD; there you go, my highly mod FS9 on Win. 7 Pro, backups for it & all Ubu OS flashies I plug into this particular K53e. Not a particular high performance SSD, but the FS9 has an around the world scenery tour I planned. Mod scenes & planes, plus sound .wav mods too. Still this lap top can run FS9 at 60 FPS flawlessly. Maybe I'll try your set up here or on another K53e with an i7 processor. Again, much appreciated post Tigratto & maybe next time, I'll tell more you about the "amateur home FM station", 75 Ohm FM transmission experiment (or the "pro" at at 50 Ohms); that I use for band rehearsals, "quiet disco" parties, TV/video watching & of course; Flight Sim audio monitoring... wirelessly & quietly. Hey, since you gave us this great hint; here's a couple of hints for the "home FM" or FM exciter I built. https://www.tonercable.com/pdf/zfmsm_5872_agile_fm_stereo_modulator.pdf (sorry, this one & the identical Pico-Macom FM modulator model, either discontinued or extremely hard to find; plus not $150 anymore. $350 if you can find it). But now instead... https://www.amazon.com/BaseWish-Transmitter-Stereo-Station-Antenna/dp/B00ECUWKIO?c=ts&ts_id=13981621 (power supply included ?). https://www.amazon.com/Transmitter-Elikliv-76-108MHz-Wireless-Broadcast/dp/B08B3KNX3J?c=ts&ts_id=13981621 . For inside the house, 5-10 watts is just right. More than that, run a 50 Ohm coax to your roof & plug an antenna; you might have the FCC "federales" knocking on your door. These FM modulators have cheap FM band band-pass filters, will drift & over modulate. Interfering with the legal FM broadcasters, even if you use an empty or unused FM channel. >>> Essential & the best stereo FM headphones I tried so far (at least the older not "revision" models), at a reasonable price... good old Radio Shack headphones. Still available & actually made by Koss... https://www.amazon.com/RadioShack-AM-Stereo-Headset-Radio/dp/B002HMH0ZC
