[linux-audio-user] best DISTRO?

[Them]

chaotic at free.net.nz wrote:

> I haven't switched to linux yet  
> but it's totally the way of the future,
> you people are closer to the zeitgeist than most.  
> 
> I want to use my laptop for audio   
> and Agnula DeMudi sounds like the way to go for that  
> but i've read Debian has quite a learning curve.

This was true about Debian a few years ago -- at least the installation 
aspects.  Once you get Debian installed, it can be as user-friendly as 
you want based on the software you've installed. I use Debian Sid on all 
of my machines, including one I use for graphics/video production and 
another one I use in my music studio.  I tend to compile all of my stuff 
by hand, using bleeding edge CVS builds, but that's probably not the 
route you want to go if you are new to the Linux world (and welcome, 
BTW, once you get switched -- let's hope you never have to look back!)

Planet CCRMA is another option -- it's RPM/Red Hat based, I believe.

-- Brett