Hi Lucas, I cannot imagine that switching to Linux would be making my original problem much easier. Not that I've tried it, but I had Linux installed on an old Mac, back in the days (it was a G3 machine). I never had the urge to try it again :-) And the idea of setting up my hard drive for dual boot sounds not exactly appealing too. I know it should be possible without completely erasing the hard drive but still ...
The main thing for me is: The computer is just a tool. I always avoided Windows too, but had to use it for years now professionally, and - voila - it gets the job done too. And that's all I'm interested right now. If it's the easier way to that end, I don't care anymore what OS is beneath it. Hence my original question ... Thanks for your input though! Best, Robert On Mon, Jul 21, 2025, at 9:13 PM, Lucas Cavalcanti wrote: > Why not try dual booting into Linux? Since Mac and Linux are POSIX-related, I > see more ease of use switching to Linux. I always hated Windows and it's CMD. > When I switched to Linux, shells weren't a seven headed beast. > > With regards to dual booting Macintoshes: not very troubling, at least in my > experience. > Back in my alma mater I had to use an 2008 iMac locked in Yosemite (I guess > it is version 12?). Got so annoyed from having to use such outdated OS that I > dual booted the device with Manjaro Linux. Didn't run like a new machine, but > still worked flawlessly and was able to use up-to-date programs, record 8 > audio tracks in reaper and run some shenanigans in OBS. > > > > > Em seg., 21 de jul. de 2025, 15:59, Robert Schmaus via LilyPond user > discussion <lilypond-user@gnu.org> escreveu: >> Dear Lilypond community, >> >> I have a strange question (if one could call it a question at all). >> I've been using Lilypond in the past quite intensively to write Jazz >> Music - mainly lead sheets and bigband scores. Also (for those who >> remember) I took part in Urs Liska's "Das Trunkne Lied" Project. Now I >> haven't used Lilypond in years. >> >> I'm a Mac user, and I always found it hard to upgrade Lilypond to a new >> version. As a rule I would stick to an old version as long as I possibly >> could because upgrading it was ... not exactly straightforward. I know, >> that might partly have been the case, because I used the program in a >> wrong way, I don't know. But it wasn't just getting the new version, >> there was always the issue of copying the font files for the jazz font >> somewhere to the right folders and stuff like that. >> >> As for editors, I used Frescobaldi, and that too doesn't run well on a >> mac. My current version is 3.1.3, and at least that one is still >> opening. I don't really dare trying to install a new one. Again, it >> always was a lot trying to find out what extra programs (ghostview? >> poppler? python?) in which version I'd have to install until I finally >> got it running. >> >> I know that some folks on this list might find this strange, but in >> particular as someone who creates software as a profession, I actually >> have no interest in having to administer and tinker with my computer at >> home too. I would simply like to concentrate on the music. And I love to >> use LaTeX, so Lilypond is just perfect for me :-) But because my old >> Lilypond version stopped working after a system upgrade, I put upgrading >> off ... for some years now. Simply stopped using lilypond, because I >> couldn't face doing that upgrade again. >> >> So I guess my questions are this: Would I be better off, using Lilypond >> and Frescobaldi on a Windows machine? My hope is: For Windows, you get >> some .exe files that already contain everything. No need to check what >> python or whatever needs to be installed. Also, in particular in case of >> Frescobaldi, sometimes the available Windows versions were of higher >> version number that the available Mac version. >> >> BTW, I'm using MacOS 15.5 on an iMac. >> >> Best, >> Robert >> >>
