[Lust] newbie's question

[sl-weiss at tring-guitar.co.uk]

Thanks for that  :-)

Kev.

chris at cca.me.uk wrote:
> 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
>
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