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From: | Alasdair McAndrew |
Subject: | Re: Which Linux distro for Lilypond |
Date: | Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:51:34 +1100 |
User-agent: | mu4e 0.9.18; emacs 25.1.1 |
On the other hand, I think that time spent getting to grips with Linux internals is no bad thing, even for a newbie. After all, I started off with slackware - when it was distributed on 3 1/4" floppies.
My concern with "easy" distros - and maybe I'm wrong here - is that if something goes wrong (and it invariably will) you will need the ability to fix it, which will require digging into the file system, editing configuration files, etc.
I don't know what the happy medium is, though! -Alasdair Andrew Bernard writes:
The OP is just moving to Linux for the first time. As a user since just about forever of a dozen distros, while I have a good deal of admiration for Arch Linux, the initial installation is difficult for a beginner, and not everybody wants to be a sysadmin. That's why I would still suggestUbuntu or Mint which is based on Ubuntu. AndrewOn 29 December 2016 at 12:57, Alasdair McAndrew <address@hidden> wrote:I haven't followed the complete thread, but I'm a current happyuser of Archlinux, and it runs Lilypond, Frescobaldi fine. Also, I have managed to set up the Midi interface so that I can play themidi output from within Frescobaldi. Arch has particularly fine documentation, and its wiki containssome of the best, clearest, and most useful help and advice I'vefound for any distribution (and I've used plenty!). There's a perception that Arch is "difficult", which I think is overplayed. Anyway, the time spent tinkering with Arch andgetting it running to your satisfaction is good sysadmin practice.As well as the wiki, there's a helpful forum, and a subreddit._______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list address@hidden https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
-- Alasdair McAndrew http://numbersandshapes.net
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