On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Aurelien <tyranorl(a)free.fr> wrote: Well thanks but when I run dpkg --get-selections I get around 1600 lines If yours is similar (or larger) sized I dont know what I'd do with it :-) Better to give me your sources.list along with the 5-10 top level things you use Then apt should handle the rest (I guess?) Thanks -- just a couple of links on the jack/ardour + whatever else debian setup for a home machine would be very helpful About me: I am kind of two people: 1. I taught programming in the university for many years (and Im sure you know the utility of academic computer science :-) 2. I grew up playing a real piano (a Steinway!!) and had nothing to do with technology (apart from my lp turntable) Getting these two worlds together is proving more intricate than I imagined eg Since I dont really know whats a synth I am not getting whats a soft synth I guess I need some bare hardware other than my computer but not sure what. For a few days I used my friend's borrowed Tascam US122 which I could use in windows but not linux. I must say that Cubase was educational... Maybe I need that or something like it... What?