6 Feb
2012
6 Feb
'12
8:37 p.m.
On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:15:08 +0000
Dan MacDonald <allcoms(a)gmail.com> wrote:
AV Linux is def. the best bet for your friend -
I'd tell him to wait a
couple of weeks for 5.0.3 to be released as AV doesn't really support
being updated as such - it is supposed to be used 'as-is' as it
includes lots of apps and custom tweaks that are alien to the Debian
repos and hence may or may not work after you do an 'apt-get upgrade'.
The AV Linux manual is surely one the best guides and introductions
to the basics of Linux audio, JACK and Debian available too and if
there is anything not covered there it has excellent forums where you
can ask your distro-related questions but before using that I would
recommend asking in #opensourcemusicians on freenode irc.
This seems like a good suggestion. He's allready installed ubuntu
studio and is playing with it, I'll burn him AV 5.0.3 when it gets out
so he'll give it a try.
Well, actually I was surprised he was able to install ubuntu aside
windows, do internet and start playing with Ardour, all in a couple of
hours and without help or much prior knowledge - that definitely wasn't
my first linux experience years ago. Things have really gone a long way.
cheers,
renato