Re: [linux-audio-user] The best distro for music creation

Fedora rocks...
Slak for me though......
it seems pure.....

> Debian has been my desktop for almost seven years.
> After trying Mandrake, RedHat, Slackware and some of
> their derivatives, I always reverted back to Debian.
> I agree that Debian Stable is a slow mover, but think
> of Debian Stable and Debian Testing remotely akin to
> RedHat *S and Fedora. Debian Stable moves slowly and
> it seems things take forever to get there from
> Testing. The same could be said for Fedora Core and
> RedHat's *S commercial offerings. If you want
> pre-built package rotation to move fast, don't use
> RedHat *S and use Fedora. If you want your package
> rotation to move faster, use Debian Testing instead of
> Debian Stable. Debian is also my choice because I
> have Linux installs on both Mac and PC; it is easier
> to maintain both systems when using the same distro.
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> I was a lurker on Fernando's list, and got a great
> deal of very helpful information there. However, I
> took that info and applied it to my Debian Testing
> system. No matter what your distro, It will deviate
> from the pristine snapshot provided by pre-built
> binary packages. You will probalby need to compile
> something, edit a file somewhere, upgrade a library .
> . .
>
> I would suggest just pick something and stick with it
> through the tough times because you will have to do
> something out of your package management at some point
> down the road. That statement is more true than you
> think, especially with sound and music apps on Linux.
>
> -=Sean Edwards=-
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