On 10/30/2012 09:55 AM, Paul Davis wrote:


On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Al Thompson <althompson58@gmail.com> wrote:
So a friend of mine at work has decided she wants to check out audio and
MIDI on Linux.  BUT, she has a Macbook Pro, and I've never paid any
attention to distros that were for Macs.  What's a good audio/MIDI (plus
general purpose) distro that is easy to get running on a Macbook Pro?

its hard to see why she would not use OS X on her MBP if audio/midi is the goal.  not all, but several of the better FOSS apps are available for OS X, and that only adds to the vastly improved array of FX and synth plugins on OS X.

i appreciate that there may be a principle at work here, but honestly, she'll get more done with OS X unless she is herself a natural tinkerer and/or has "odd" needs (e.g. academic electroacoustic music)

I think there are two primary triggers for her decision: she has listened to a few of us at work extolling the virtues of Linux, and; she abhors "corporate-ism."  If the general consensus is that she would be better off sticking with OS-X, I may suggest it.  I have very little experience with it personally, and 90% of my exposure has been from "fanbois" who would be blind to even its most fatal flaws.  I'm not even sure of the current state of OS-X FOSS audio/MIDI software.



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