Hi t.whid,
I have been delving back into linux. I had a brief experience with it
before the internet camre along using 'Red Hat/wild cat', for the
'CyberCafe' Bulletin Board in the UK, using it, but not actually
installing it…
Now I am doing all that stuff - learning it all etc, via using Suse
(downloaded) 9.1. It is much harder than it would be. Although, it is a
pretty ace software - with all the other stuff that I am involved in,
sometimes you just wanna go to something that you already know by
mannerism, like windows or a mac - but sticking to it is helping me to
relearn things about myself and my own laziness. Repetitive use of use
of computers creates behaviour patterns that are a bit slack really…it
makes one conform - if using a computer ain't making one conform enough
in the 1st place 'sheesh'…
Anyway - I'm making new stuff on Linux, and it's enlightening… I being
re-educated ————– (shit, not again?)
marc
> Ubuntu: a Linux noob
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For the artist Linux noob I would recommend using Fedora Core 2. The
reason is simple, CCRMA (pronounced Karma). CCRMA is The Stanford
University Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, home to
Planet CCRMA at Home, providers of an APT repository containing all the
main Linux tools for audio, midi and video + everything else a decent
Linux system requires. APT is a Linux package manager. So after you've
installed Fedora Core 2, download Synaptic, a GUI interface for APT,
enter the CCRMA repository as per the instructions at their website and
APT will automatically download and install everything you need as well
as grabbing any needed dependencies. Some of the essentials are
Pure-Data, Cinelerra, Rosegarden, Jack + plus all the cool externals and
plugins for all of these.
But you want to know the best way to really learn to find your way
around Linux? Install, screw around with everything until something
breaks, install again, screw around with everything until something
breaks… repeat these steps about 10 to 15 times and then you'll be
ready to go.
The reason the Linux community is so nice to newcomers is that we're
just always so happy to have new converts because we know that once they
get a real taste of Linux, they're not going back.
Pall
t.whid wrote:
> Ubuntu: a Linux noob
forgot the CCRMA at Home URL:
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
t.whid wrote:
> Ubuntu: a Linux noob