[LAU] Audio distros

[david]

On 02/16/2013 05:10 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 09:50:53AM +0000, Folderol wrote:
>> For some time now, and for work as well as home office & DAW, I install the
>> absolutely  minimum debian (not even the desktop initially), install mingetty
>
> [...]
>
>> I then use apt-get to install synaptic, openbox and rox-filer. This
>>
>> One reboot and I'm into a fully functional minimum desktop, after which I use
>> synaptic to pull in whatever else I need, depending on what the machine is
>> going to be used for - I compile specialist stuff of course.
>
> Of course, if you were running a truly minimum desktop, you don't even
> need synaptic because apt-get is installed anyway.

I find synaptic a much-easier way to manage packages than the cryptic 
command lines of apt-get or dpkg. For instance, I can easily see what a 
particular package recommends and decide if I want to also include one 
or more the recommendations. Don't know what Folderol thinks of that.

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