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. Can't help with the Italian bit though, sorry, although there are a number of Italian users on this list who may be able to point you somewhere useful? On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Renato <rennabh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Maybe you're referring to this forum: http://linuxdaw.gratisforum.tv/ ?? lore

Am 06.02.2012 13:33, schrieb Renato: I'd say depends on what you focus: As an introduction to linux in general, I would recommend using Ubuntustudio. General topics are very well documented and help and information is available via wiki, forum, irc etc. The possibility of making a lau system is also given, but details will have to be optimized manually. This can be quite time consuming and even a little frustrating, depending on your friends' level of tolerance. Plug and play often works but not perfect. Via synaptic or other package management, there are hundreds of audio applications, half of which won't work out of the box. Also you have to accept the update policy of ubuntu, which is: every half year, a new version is released, in between only bugs are fixed. Every two years, a long term stable version is released. This version offers security updates for a longer period of time, AFAIK 5 years. So depending on your choice, every 2 or half year, you get a new version, which will almost certainly have new bugs. If the focus is towards professional audio production, other distros might be more appropriate. There's a long thread titled "OS for realtime operation" in this list, that discusses the pros and cons, of other distros. /mn0