[PD] Linux - which distribution to use?

[Andy Farnell]

Linux from scratch is the best for beginners. First you need to build your
toolchain so start by downloading the source for coreutils....

Nah only joking, Ubuntu mate. In fact.. wait until the 19th when
Fiesty is released, it should be an easy ride.

Use Ubuntus package manager (Synaptic?) to do all the hard work for you.



On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:11:51 -0700
"Thomas Jeppesen" <Jeppesen at skydebanen.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've been trying to get PD up and running on linux for a while, but so far I've not been lucky, prolly because I'm a linux nub. The first installation I tried (Fedora) didn't have a familiar interface. The second (Ubuntu) did, but I couldn't install PD on it for some unknow reason. I used a tar-ball installation, and ran the "make install"-command and it did install on the computer, but PD just wouldn't start up. On the third distribution I tried JackLab, PD worked, but I had no internet connection.
> I'm used to run normal pc's (Windows), so I'm after a distribution that has a graphic desktop environment to not make it too unfamiliar for starters. But most of all I'm after a distribution that will run PD-extended and do it good. Does any of you have any recommendations to which distribution to choose and perhaps good linux and audio-sites for nubs like me?
> 
> Cheers!
> Thomas


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