Hey,
thanks for the advice. I don't care too much on which distro is
easiest to install. I care more about how good it works for music
production. If you had the choice which one of the suggestions given would
you use?
About the firewire stuff. I think it is too bad that linux does not
support it at this point. There are lots of decent soundcards that are
firewire based. MOTU 828mkII, Edirol FA-101, Presonus Firepod. The only
decent pci card I can think of that has multiple ins/outs on it is the delta
1010. Firewire gives the posibility to use the soundcard on different
computers and portability is not a problem. It seems strange that the linux
community isn't heading in that direction. I understand that it takes alot
of work but I think that the firewire soundcards give alot more options than
the pci cards. Any comments?
Thomas
>
>On Sunday 22 August 2004 03:00 pm, Jan Depner wrote:
> > The easiest installation known to man - Fedora Core 1 (full load) and
> > Planet CCRMA.
> >
>
>Nah, pre-loaded is easier ;)
>
> > Jan
> >
> > On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 13:45, John Check wrote:
> > > On Sunday 22 August 2004 01:59 pm, Austin wrote:
> > > > On 08/22/2004 01:42:56 PM, Thomas Pickett wrote:
> > > > > I am currently installing gentoo onto my computer and I am having
> > > > > difficulty
> > > > > because I don't have much time to install. Should I just stick
>with
> > > > > gentoo
> > > > > and get the install done eventually or can you suggest a better
>linux
> > > > > dist.
> > > > > that is better?
> > > >
> > > > If you're a beginner and/or have limited time, gentoo is a really
>*bad*
> > > > idea.
> > > >
> > > > I'd suggest a binary-based distro, with an easy installer, and a
> > > > package manager with automatic dependency resolution. Mandrakelinux
>10
> > > > + contribs or + Thac's RPMS, or the combination of RedHat/Fedora +
> > > > Planet CCRMA packages would proabably be best.
> > > >
> > > > Debian has a great package manager, but crappy installer. SuSe is
>vice
> > >
> > > Debian installer isn't that bad, it's just not pretty to look at. If
>he
> > > got Gentoo installed, he'll feel positively coddled by the Debian
> > > installer.
> > >
> > > The other options you suggest are popular.
> > >
> > > > versa IMHO.
> > > >
> > > > Hope that helps.
> > > >
> > > > Austin
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