best linux distro for music notation/audio software?

bowie101 · 05-23-2006, 02:18 PM

is there a linux distro. that is considered to be most friendly with music notation or audio (sequencing / editing) software?

stuff like rose garden / lillypond, musescore, note edit,

audacity and ardour

...and for that matter, hardware, as well?

Looking to get a used laptop and desktop in order to use these programs.

acid_kewpie · 05-23-2006, 03:18 PM

nope, not to my knowledge. I don't see that there is anything they would be particuarly "friendly" about... did you have anythign in mind?

bowie101 · 05-23-2006, 03:59 PM

no, just trying to get the best possible combination of hardware and software for a laptop and/or desktop that i buy used. want to get it right the first time, so i don't have to spend lots of time installing or re-installing. Plus, I want to buy used, so....

there ya go. the classic having and eating pie : min $ , max performance.

i thought there might be a distro that's particularly suited to audio stuff.

rickh · 05-23-2006, 04:23 PM

There are some specialty apps, websites, distros, etc. A google as simple as 'music linux' return lots of pretty specific stuff.

petespin27 · 05-23-2006, 09:47 PM

try demudi or fedora core with planet ccrma. Both have a large collection of audio/video apps and a low latency kernel.