On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 21:24 +0100, Will Godfrey wrote: > I'm wondering what people might suggest as for best distro to make > full use of it I don't think there is something like the best distro, it's a matter of taste. https://www.archlinux.org/ The advantage of Arch Linux are - it follows stable versions from upstream - it doesn't split software from upstream into strange packages (you might see it as an disadvantage, when the packages aren't split so that the headers are installed without a dev package) - The official repositories for packages are provided in a BSD port like way, called ABS - packages not available by the official repositories are provided by trusted users on the AUR page, so the amount of available packages is similar to Debian - the package management is idiot prove (catchwords: pacman, yaourt, PKGBUILD) - MOST IMPORTANT: Arch Linux installs are comparable to the Debian expert install, but the Arch install really doesn't install unneeded software, you need to do everything on your own and end up without unneeded services, you will be aware how to set up things, the Arch Wikis are amazing good. Arch Linux is one of the distros used by several LAU and LAD subscribers. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
