> If you don't need cutting edge software and kernels I just need Pd :-)
And maybe some audio software (DAW) running free plugins to interact with the noise coming from Pd. 2013/5/30 Charles Z Henry <czhe...@gmail.com> > > > > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Alexandre Torres Porres <por...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> >> I use macs by the way. Don't know if that is an issue. Like being next to >> an impossible task to install a nice hardcore ("the best one") linux >> distribution in it. >> > > I'm interested in other people's responses here too. I'm a debian fan, > but also I'm not a hardcore developer. Probably, it doesn't matter which > distro to choose--all of them can be optimized (but you should at least > have one with a new-ish 3.x series kernel at this time). If you don't need > cutting edge software and kernels, stay away from Fedora and Ubuntu. > > As for Mac hardware, the biggest pain in the ass is the broadcom wifi > drivers. Get things set up and installed with an ethernet cable plugged > in, before you try to set up the wifi. You need to download a lot of > things first. The wifi firmware needs to get extracted from the > proprietary drivers... and the kernel modules need to be rebuilt every time > you update the kernel. Watch out. >
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