Am 06.02.2012 13:33, schrieb Renato: > Hi, I've got a friend who would like to try out linux for audio and > he's asking me for help. He's totally new to linux and it's been a > while since I've used super-begginner's documentation, so I'm asking > you for help. > > So, what distro should I reccomend him? is Ubuntu Studio 64 maintained > and well documented? Or better go with vanilla Ubuntu? > I know many like AVLinux, but I guess for a total newbie Ubuntu is > safer since it's easier to find docs online and help when you get stuck > with something (and sooner or later that happens when learning a new > OS). > > Passed that, I'd like to point him to some good not-outdated > docs, bonus points if in italian. For starters a little > simple guide on setting up Qjackctl, maybe with screenshots, would be > gold. > > Generally speaking, if you have any suggestions of things I should or > should not tell him, you're more than welcome. > > BTW currently I think he's using fruity loops on windows. > > Also, a while ago I had found an italian forum on linux audio, but now > I've lost it - anyone has a link? > > cheers, > renato > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > I'd say depends on what you focus: As an introduction to linux in general, I would recommend using Ubuntustudio. General topics are very well documented and help and information is available via wiki, forum, irc etc. The possibility of making a lau system is also given, but details will have to be optimized manually. This can be quite time consuming and even a little frustrating, depending on your friends' level of tolerance. Plug and play often works but not perfect. Via synaptic or other package management, there are hundreds of audio applications, half of which won't work out of the box. Also you have to accept the update policy of ubuntu, which is: every half year, a new version is released, in between only bugs are fixed. Every two years, a long term stable version is released. This version offers security updates for a longer period of time, AFAIK 5 years. So depending on your choice, every 2 or half year, you get a new version, which will almost certainly have new bugs. If the focus is towards professional audio production, other distros might be more appropriate. There's a long thread titled "OS for realtime operation" in this list, that discusses the pros and cons, of other distros. /mn0 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
