>> As an all purpose desktop system I use mdk 9.2. There is a large number of >> audio apps contributed for it but before going down that route or another, >> I thought I'd take some advice. First I want to mention that I haven't used anything other than SuSE. So this is not a comparison to other distrobs. I'm actually quite surprised at how few people (either) don't use SuSE (or) they don't mention it much. I used to want to know every single thing about how linux (and linux audio) worked. So I used to like to configure everything. Man... I learned a lot. But it's nice to be able to install SuSE and everything works out of the box. If this sounds "OT", it's not, because the more things that are configured right, the more I can really explore (and set up) things that are audio related. I say this because I have my hands full with (just) audio because I'm also trying to set things up so that the average user can use linux/audio. So I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how make the audio apps easier to use. This requires such things as (just to mention a few) bash scripting... combining bash scripting and KDE's "service menues" to automate a lot of audio stuff. So I like that fact that SuSE takes care of the other things while I get on to the business of converting windows/audio people to linux/audio people (heehee). Sometimes SuSE audio programs seem a little outdated, but I just installed the latest version (SuSE 9.0) and it's not too bad. The audio programs are (only slightly) old. But this is to be expected. But as soon as I understand all the other things nessesary (the changes in KDE 3.1.4 for instance) then I will go out and install the newest versions of my favorite linux audio programs. By then I will have explored the "convenence features" of KDE that will make producing sound/music with linux that much easier. OK, start the flames (hehe). Rocco
