<div dir="auto"><div>Agreed. One other good "batteries included" option is bandshed's avlinux.</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto"> <div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 4:12 AM <<a href="mailto:nik@parkellipsen.de">nik@parkellipsen.de</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> Well, there are a lot of opinions ... That is quite an understatement I'd say :D Anyway, Ubuntu Studio is probably a very good "batteries included" choice to get started. And then, as always with Linux, it depends a bit on how much effort you want to put into your system. Arch has some good documentation on how to optimize your system for Pro Audio Applications, and a package group with the "relevant" applications (including Ardour), but you still need to do the optimization yourself. <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Professional_audio" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Professional_audio</a> That being said, Arch has been working really well for me for the last years. No complaints. And if you've got a lot of time on your hands and some Linux experience (or, even more time and you want to gain the experience): <a href="https://gentoo-audio.github.io/audio-overlay/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gentoo-audio.github.io/audio-overlay/</a> Best, n Mac wrote on 16.10.2019 23:44 (GMT +02:00): > > > Well, there are a lot of opinions...but I've been using Ubuntu Studio for > years. > > > 19.04 has introduced new versions of Ubuntu Studio Controls that help > manage the pulse, jack, etc. menagerie . (And this has also improved with > 19.10) > > > As always, this is IMHO and YMMV. 😎🤔 > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 4:40 PM jim <<a href="mailto:jim@well.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jim@well.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:jim@well.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jim@well.com</a>> > wrote: > >> >> My current system is pretty old. It's running >> on a five-year old desktop Zareason computer. >> I'll replace the hard drive and want to install >> a new distro. What's your recommendation? >> with thanks, >> jim >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> <a href="mailto:Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org</a> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org</a>> >> <a href="https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user</a> > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list <a href="mailto:Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org</a> <a href="https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user</a> </blockquote></div></div></div>