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.