[LAU] help for a LAUer wannabe

[Dan MacDonald]

AV Linux is def. the best bet for your friend - I'd tell him to wait a
couple of weeks for 5.0.3 to be released as AV doesn't really support being
updated as such - it is supposed to be used 'as-is' as it includes lots of
apps and custom tweaks that are alien to the Debian repos and hence may or
may not work after you do an 'apt-get upgrade'.

The AV Linux manual is surely one the best guides and introductions to the
basics of Linux audio, JACK and Debian available too and if there is
anything not covered there it has excellent forums where you can ask your
distro-related questions but before using that I would recommend asking in
#opensourcemusicians on freenode irc.

Can't help with the Italian bit though, sorry, although there are a number
of Italian users on this list who may be able to point you somewhere useful?

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Renato <rennabh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I've got a friend who would like to try out linux for audio and
> he's asking me for help. He's totally new to linux and it's been a
> while since I've used super-begginner's documentation, so I'm asking
> you for help.
>
> So, what distro should I reccomend him? is Ubuntu Studio 64 maintained
> and well documented? Or better go with vanilla Ubuntu?
> I know many like AVLinux, but I guess for a total newbie Ubuntu is
> safer since it's easier to find docs online and help when you get stuck
> with something (and sooner or later that happens when learning a new
> OS).
>
> Passed that, I'd like to point him to some good not-outdated
> docs, bonus points if in italian. For starters a little
> simple guide on setting up Qjackctl, maybe with screenshots, would be
> gold.
>
> Generally speaking, if you have any suggestions of things I should or
> should not tell him, you're more than welcome.
>
> BTW currently I think he's using fruity loops on windows.
>
> Also, a while ago I had found an italian forum on linux audio, but now
> I've lost it - anyone has a link?
>
> cheers,
> renato
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