Hi Hamish, >I'm currently trying to choose between Mandrake and Ubuntu Linux, >both of which look suitable for a non-tech-minded person like myself. I would recommend installing a DAW oriented distro. Demudi has been recommended in the different forums as the easiest way to setup a studio. The reason is that all other music oriented distros (Planet CCRMA, Thac's packages) need to be installed on top of a general purpose distribution. I've recently installed Demudi and it's been a painless proccess generally. It's based on Debian, so you can add general purpose packages to your "audio PC" at a later date. >And how far off is the 1.0 release for Rosegarden? According to the website, it's happening very soon.. >And are there are any performance oriented apps for Linux similiar to >Ableton Live? Dunno, but I can recommend this forum for this kind of info, it's great: http://www.music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user/ Also could be of help for making a final decision on which distribution to install.. Cheers, Alex _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.com/
