4 Nov
2004
4 Nov
'04
3:54 a.m.
Hi Hamish,
I'm currently trying to choose between Mandrake and
Ubuntu Linux,
both of which look suitable for a non-tech-minded person like myself.
I would recommend installing a DAW oriented distro. Demudi has been
recommended in the different forums as the easiest way to setup a studio.
The reason is that all other music oriented distros (Planet CCRMA, Thac's
packages) need to be installed on top of a general purpose distribution.
I've recently installed Demudi and it's been a painless proccess generally.
It's based on Debian, so you can add general purpose packages to your "audio
PC" at a later date.
And how far off is the 1.0 release for Rosegarden?
According to the website, it's happening very soon..
And are there are any performance oriented apps for
Linux similiar to
Ableton Live?
Dunno, but I can recommend this forum for this kind of info, it's great:
http://www.music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user/
Also could be of help for making a final decision on which distribution to
install..
Cheers,
Alex
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