Re: Which Linux distro for Lilypond

[Jacques Menu Muzhic]

I use LilyDev 4 (Debian 8 / Jessie, native GUI I guess) on a Mac with VMware 
Fusion, on which Lilypond dev versions compile seamlessly.

JM

> Le 24 déc. 2016 à 17:06, J Martin Rushton <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> dddd
> 
> On 24/12/16 08:33, Federico Bruni wrote:
>> Il giorno sab 24 dic 2016 alle 4:31, Andrew Bernard
>> <address@hidden> ha scritto:
>>> Some like Debian for its high stability, but I find its graphical
>>> appearance sub-par - this is well known.
>> 
>> Well, strictly speaking, Debian doesn't have a graphical appearance. You
>> probably meant to say that _you_ don't like the default desktop
>> environment, that is Gnome 3 (but there are many people who love it).
>> When you install Debian (at least the netinst image) you are offered the
>> possibility to choose the desktop environment: Gnome, KDE, LxQT and others.
>> 
>> https://wiki.debian.org/DesktopEnvironment
>> 
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> 
> I use CentOS (7.3) with the version of LP that comes with the distro.
> It's rock solid and stable which is why it is used in the cluster at work.
> 
> I'd just like to reinforce what Andrew said though, unlike windows you
> can choose the desktop.  I used KDE for years on SuSE machines, but for
> the last 6 years have been using Gnome 2 professionally.  With the
> change to Gnome 3 though I've gone over to Mate (also available in the
> distribution) which gives a much nicer feel.  However, and this is an
> important point, I come at things from a command line background; from a
> Windows background you may prefer the more constrained Gnome 3.
> 
> One other thing: are you aware that you can get "live" distibutions
> (distros)?  You can download and burn a DVD with the OS of your choice
> and then just boot the DVD to try it out.  It will run a lot slower and
> you can't store data, but for a few pence/cents it gives you a chance to
> try things out before committing.
> 
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