On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 17:20 +0200, João Pais wrote:
I don't see why debian is not a 'more "general" distro' and why it would not be able to do the same things ubuntu has to offer (especially if you only need to use Pd and jack).
that was my thought as I decided for debian instead of ubuntu
Debian Squeeze is from May 2011 and the version of its packages is likely even older. There is not really a point in comparing old-stable Debian with a current Ubuntu. You might want to upgrade to Debian Wheezy. Could be easier than a re-install to a recent Ubuntu.
Then, Debian officially recommends the stable distribution mainly for servers and the testing distribution for private/Desktop/Laptop users. Right now, there is probably not much difference between the two, as the stable release is still very recent. But in two years your software will be quite outdated. Consider that testing is a rolling distribution.
I haven't tried Linux Mint myself, but public feedback seems to be generally positive. One flaw hinders me to even try it: In-place upgrades are not supported. The canonical way of upgrading a Linux Mint installation is to create a backup, perform the upgrade, re-install the system, play restore your backup.
Roman