[PD] Linux question

[marius schebella]

hi,
i think for a linux-beginner it is the best to start with a distribution
that has an easy installing process and some written documentation, because
there are many new things to learn. debian maybe is not the best choice to
start with. maybe choose SuSE for example or redhat. the problem with those
distributions is, that they do many processes and configurations in the
background and automatically which many people do not like... anyway, most
linux-hardcore-freaks swear on debian, which seems to be very stable and
easy to manage - if you know how. speaking for myself i still failed to
setup all my hardware within a day on a debian system and changed back to
suse. so i'd rather say there IS a difference in distros!
marius.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Pagano" <bigswift at ufl.edu>
To: "Andre Schmidt" <andre at vju-tv.net>
Cc: "Dirk Offringa" <dirk.offringa at free.fr>; "pd-list"
<pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [PD] Linux question


> Yes i agree distro does not matter too much, i use redhat as that was
> what a friend who taught me was using but i have heard good things about
> debian and Suse
>  fo running audio i do recommend intsalling ALSA for your soundcard. and
> go to
> http://www.linux-sound.org/
>
> for the smorgasbord of applications to run.
>
> cheers~
>
> PAt
>
>
>
>
> Andre Schmidt wrote:
>
> >hi dirk,
> >
> >i changed to linux couple weeks ago and got pd running yesterday (very
easy
> >when you know how)
> >
> >i don't think which distro you use is a big matter, atleast for starters
i
> >would recommend suse or redhat because the install is so easy
> >(i got suse8.1)
> >
> >if you need help i'll be happy to help if i can...
> >
> >cheers
> >-andre
> >
> >
> >On Sunday 23 March 2003 09:50, Dirk Offringa wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>Well, I spent the last few days studying pd , and I must say that I like
it
> >>very much indeed. The creative possibilities are very inspiring.
> >>I decided though that I should finally get into Linux as well. (Using
msw
> >>until now). I must keep msw on my computer, so I'll do a dualboot
set-up.
> >>Having never used Linux before, are there any preferred distributions
for
> >>use with audio, or doesn't that matter at all?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>Dirk
> >>
> >>
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