For a newbie (someone who hasn't even installed a distro yet) I would suggest doing a Live CD first (Dynebolic is the most mature for multimedia, however the Agnula guys currently have one just about ready to go). Once the Linux newcomer has gotten an idea of what you can do (and more importantly what they want to do) with linux using the Live cd, they can then start to look at distros. The live CD route has a couple of advantages. First, if they find they don't like Linux, all they need to do is reboot. No pain, no hassle, nothing. Second, the live CD's are a great way to gradually learn all of the ancillary stuff you need to know if you are going to use linux (command line stuff, configuring programs, directory structure (like: what is your home directory?), etc.) The problem with going the straight Distro route (except I think for CCRMA which seems to get everyone who tries it up and running VERY VERY fast) is that you are hit with all of this 'new' info right at the onset. It can be a bit overwhelming, and a live cd really helps to acclimate a new user to the wonderful world of Linux. m. > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-audio-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-audio- > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Newbie questions for live gigging > > Paul Winkler wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 12:35:52PM +0200, Robert Jonsson wrote: > > > >>I think a list of distros that aim for multimedia would looks something > like > >>this: > >>- Mandrake (especially with Thac's rpms, rpm.nyvalls.se, very fresh) > >>- Suse (a lot of stuff is included in the main distro, including > lowlatency > >>patched kernels) > >>- Redhat/Fedora + CCRMA (Looks good and diverse, CCRMA is where all the > good > >>stuff is) > >>- Agnula (should be a big name, multimedia is what confirms their > existence, I > >>know too little though) > >>- Dynebolic ( live-cd based, don't know much about it) _________________________________________________ Scanned on 23 Apr 2004 17:34:28 Scanning by http://erado.com
