Russell Hanaghan wrote: > I need to stretch my wings a little and try something outside of > Mandrake 10.0... > > Can I get some basic pros and cons of the different distro's you're > using? And especially from previous Mandrake users. > > Been thinking about CCRMA because I'm used to packages but I would build > more stuff if it wasn't such a struggle every time I do it. Sometimes I > just need to install stuff and have it work and not spend 20 hours > sifting through Google hits, how to's, etc. I enjoy the learning and > Linux; I just don't have a lot of spare time. Well, here's some opinions on Gentoo for ya... .. ..... . http://www.funroll-loops.org/ http://www.linuxjunior.org/yabbse/index.php?board=7;action=display;threadid=9480;start=0#msg85985 Why don't you just go ahead and try CCRMA with FC1 or FC2? Chris (I'm using Gentoo, but I rarely update it since I don't want to fix it if something breaks)