[PD] linux best for pd? / "best linux" for Pd? / On a Mac?

[Ivica Bukvic]

FWIW pd-l2ork is currently linux only.
On May 30, 2013 5:49 PM, "Alexandre Torres Porres" <porres at gmail.com> wrote:

> >  If you don't need cutting edge software and kernels
>
> I just need Pd :-)
>
> And maybe some audio software (DAW) running free plugins to interact with
> the noise coming from Pd.
>
> 2013/5/30 Charles Z Henry <czhenry at gmail.com>
>
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>> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Alexandre Torres Porres <
>> porres at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I use macs by the way. Don't know if that is an issue. Like being next
>>> to an impossible task to install a nice hardcore ("the best one") linux
>>> distribution in it.
>>>
>>
>> I'm interested in other people's responses here too.  I'm a debian fan,
>> but also I'm not a hardcore developer.  Probably, it doesn't matter which
>> distro to choose--all of them can be optimized (but you should at least
>> have one with a new-ish 3.x series kernel at this time).  If you don't need
>> cutting edge software and kernels, stay away from Fedora and Ubuntu.
>>
>> As for Mac hardware, the biggest pain in the ass is the broadcom wifi
>> drivers.  Get things set up and installed with an ethernet cable plugged
>> in, before you try to set up the wifi.  You need to download a lot of
>> things first.  The wifi firmware needs to get extracted from the
>> proprietary drivers... and the kernel modules need to be rebuilt every time
>> you update the kernel.  Watch out.
>>
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