Hello everyone ...
SO, I finally got Linux installed on an old laptop (Debian stable distribution). Or to be more precise, my girlfriend got it installed, and I sat around drinking beer, smoking spliffs, and telling her how great she was, while she recompiled the kernel.
I would, of course, be interested in running Pure Data on the machine. (and maybe trying Desire Data too.) But here are some caveats:
- It's an old PIII laptop. Not much memory, and no openGL for
graphics, so no GEM I guess. 2. I have no f&*$ing clue what I'm doing yet, as far as compiling stuff and all that. My gf will try to help me though.
Now, I would like to use PD, and maybe PD-extended (but page is down). So I'd like to get the group recommendation on which version to try for the simplest install with the most stuff working... My basic interests would include some of the basic libraries at least (cyclone, maxlib, zexy). I would also like to try PMPD, PDP, and GridFlow, but I don't know much about the last two. They will run without openGL, unlike GEM, right? Also, I'd like to get Percolate running, I guess I'll have to use the source code off the Planet CCRMA...
Anyway, there seem to be millions of versions of stuff, including some Debian stable options, but as a total Linux newB it is hard to tell which I should use.
The problem is compounded by the fact that right now, some sites are down, so I can't get some of the info need. Any advice would be greatly appreciated - I didn't find a quick answer through the archives, and I don't know how up to date such an answer would be anyway.
Thanks in advance!!!
~David