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On 10/30/2012 09:55 AM, Paul Davis wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Al
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So a friend of mine at work has decided she wants to check out
audio and<br>
MIDI on Linux. BUT, she has a Macbook Pro, and I've never
paid any<br>
attention to distros that were for Macs. What's a good
audio/MIDI (plus<br>
general purpose) distro that is easy to get running on a
Macbook Pro?<br>
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its hard to see why she would not use OS X on her MBP if
audio/midi is the goal. not all, but several of the better
FOSS apps are available for OS X, and that only adds to the
vastly improved array of FX and synth plugins on OS X.<br>
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i appreciate that there may be a principle at work here, but
honestly, she'll get more done with OS X unless she is herself
a natural tinkerer and/or has "odd" needs (e.g. academic
electroacoustic music)<br>
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I think there are two primary triggers for her decision: she has
listened to a few of us at work extolling the virtues of Linux, and;
she abhors "corporate-ism." If the general consensus is that she
would be better off sticking with OS-X, I may suggest it. I have
very little experience with it personally, and 90% of my exposure
has been from "fanbois" who would be blind to even its most fatal
flaws. I'm not even sure of the current state of OS-X FOSS
audio/MIDI software.<br>
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