[Lust] newbie's question

[chris at cca.me.uk]

sl-weiss at tring-guitar.co.uk wrote:
> hello,
>
> I've been using Mandriva Discovery for about 18 months now without 
> problems, and would now like to move legacy wintel audio and notation 
> packages across to Linux.
>
> It seems I need to join Mandriva's user club to download rpm's to 
> trial. Does this mean the free ride is truly over?
>
> Could anyone suggest another distribution to try?
>
> apologies for any inconvenience.
>
> Kevin Cook
>
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Hi Kevin,

Not at all.  Depending on what it is you want to do you may want to 
switch distributions anyway.

If you want a 'studio in a box' then you can't get better that 64 
Studio  (http://64studio.com/). Despite it's name there is a 32 bit 
version available and they have just updated to version 2.  It is Debian 
based and free. It has an optimised kernel for real-time low-latency 
recording and a very active community.

If you just want an exceptional notation package then take a look at 
Lilypond (http://lilypond.org/).  I think it is super, but does have a 
bit of steep learning curve as you control it via text files (though 
there are gui's available for it, I haven't tried).  It does well at 
midi to notation and visa versa, though it's main purpose is just 
printed music.
It should be fairly easy to compile it for Mandriva, if it isn't already 
in the Mandriva repositories, and it is already part of 64 Studio.

There is a live CD called Studio-to-GO http://www.ferventsoftware.com/ 
which costs £80, though a free demo is available.  Don't know much about 
this but it has some impressive reviews.


Have fun

Chris Allison