Hallo, cgc hat gesagt: // cgc wrote:
Wait a second - you already have a Mac then right? Have you tried Pd on it yet? That seems like a way to avoid buying all new hardware and switching to a completely different OS just to try some software out.
PCs are great values these days no question, but in your case you might want to consider the time investment involved with switching platforms. I don't know if you've dealt with Debian before, but the installation is not a nice straightforward GUI installer, and there are plenty of ways to completely ruin the installation compared to a RedHat, Suse or Mandrake system. If you don't have any prior x86 and Linux experience then moving from a Mac OS9/OSX to Debian is like falling off a cliff.
Debian is great for building custom installs if you really know what you want - I work with some guys that have it down to a science (after years of working with it), but I don't think anyone who has dealt with that setup process would recommend it as a migration path for a Mac user. I know several new Linux users that have gone the Red Hat and Planet CCRMA route with good success and very few problems with basic setup.
Please try Debian anyway. It's not as bad as put here. You might fall of a cliff, but we're down there already to help.
ciao
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