17 Apr
2011
17 Apr
'11
5:58 p.m.
Dear list,
I've done a first general workshop on Linux, FLOSS etc. as training
conservatoire activity. A second one will be more of a a demo/tutorial
with focus on audio/multimedia, I'd like it to also be hands-on. So my
idea was to take a bunch of "audio-ready" live distro discs.
Surprise surprise... most of the attendees will have a mac book pro, so
workability on this platform is desired (sigh!)
My two candidates are puredyne and AVLinux. The first in particular
comes with Pure Data which I would like to use. Both worked without a
glitch on my HP laptop (apart the fact I couldn't figure out how to get
the 3rd level keyboard modifier in puredyne (AltGr on Italian keyboard)).
On a mac laptop I was able to test puredyne halts and drops to a console
while booting. AVLinux starts although wifi is not there. Probably I
could go with AVLinux and put the Pure Data and required packages on a
USB stick.
I haven't tested it but if wifi worked ok we might start with vanilla
ubuntu and pull the desired packages, but I fear that would take away
too much time, although instructive about the installation procedure.
Anyway I'd be happy to hear more advice hints, as I have no real
experience about running linux (live or installed) on macs.
Thanks,
Lorenzo.