Re: Which Linux distro for Lilypond

[Alasdair McAndrew]

Well that makes sense: yes, Ubuntu of course (although my favorite 
flavour is Kubuntu).  Or Mint.  And of course you can just 
download a live CD and check it out without installing it.  Or, if 
you're using windows, install Linux as a virtual machine using 
VirtualBox.  I do this at work, which requires my use of Windows 
to access the local shared drives.

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 
> suggest
> Ubuntu or Mint which is based on Ubuntu.
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> On 29 December 2016 at 12:57, Alasdair McAndrew 
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I haven't followed the complete thread, but I'm a current happy
> > user of Archlinux, and it runs Lilypond, Frescobaldi fine. 
> > Also,
> > I have managed to set up the Midi interface so that I can play 
> > the
> > midi output from within Frescobaldi.
> >
> > Arch has particularly fine documentation, and its wiki contains
> > some of the best, clearest, and most useful help and advice 
> > I've
> > found 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 and
> > getting it running to your satisfaction is good sysadmin 
> > practice.
> >
> > As well as the wiki, there's a helpful forum, and a subreddit.
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