Unfortuntaely, Pd on ubuntu isn't quite that easy to install yet. But we are close.
.hc On Apr 19, 2007, at 3:34 AM, Thomas Jeppesen wrote: > I think I know where you are comming from ;) > > Thanks for the good and quick feedback I've gotten through the day. > It has > helped me a lot. > I installed Ubuntu today and it worked like a charm. I follow the > advice to > stick with it, at least for a few months :) > > Cheers all! > Thomas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roman Haefeli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Frank Barknecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <pd-list@iem.at> > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:20 PM > Subject: Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use? > > >> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 19:06 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: >>> Hallo, >>> Roman Haefeli hat gesagt: // Roman Haefeli wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:01 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: >>>>> Me, too. Debian rules. Other than that pure:dyne rules as well. >>>> >>>> i agree, though ubuntu is also a debian derivative, but >>>> sometimes much >>>> easier to use than debian and from my experience comes with better >>>> maintained repos. as a beginner, i'd still vote for ubuntu. >>> >>> Most of the packages in Ubuntu come directly from Debian. When I was >>> running Ubuntu on my laptop, I found, that I wasn't using the stuff, >>> that's not in Debian, at all, so I reverted this system from >>> Ubuntu to >>> Debian again. OTOH packages from Ubuntu often flow back to >>> Debian. In >>> the end, it's a matter of taste. >> >> i don't want to be an ass and please don't get me wrong, when i hook >> into it again. i fully agree with you. i started doing linux with >> debian, too. though in the end, all problems i had turned out to be >> manageable (and based on my lack of knowledge), i wish i had started >> with ubuntu first retrospectively, just because you have to make less >> decisions in order to get a working box, that 'just works' in >> everyday >> life. i dare say, that ubuntu is the most easy os to install at >> all, not >> only the easiest linux. >> when starting with linux, i had to realize that i hardly know >> anything >> about computers. i didn't even know, what a window manager is >> (least of >> all, that also windows uses a window manager, but the fact that >> windows >> tries to hide essential stuff from the user, so that he/she stays >> unaware about computers is anothe story) and that i was supposed to >> choose and install one, if i want to have a graphical interface. >> quite >> many steps were involved, until i had a running pd. >> i believe, in ubuntu much lesser steps are needed until pd runs. >> for a >> sligthly more advanced user, many steps seem to be obvious and are >> done >> fast, but for an innocent, naked, virgin noob (sorry for the strange >> wording), like i was two and a half years ago, each step can be a >> real >> pain. >> of course, at the end you don't have more or less possibilities in >> one >> or the other. >> >> just my 4cents (now, i'm broke :-) >> >> roman >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________ >> Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! >> Mail: >> http://mail.yahoo.de >> >> >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > >> _______________________________________________ >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.2.0/757 - Release Date: > 11-04-2007 > 17:14 > > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ > listinfo/pd-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Using ReBirth is like trying to play an 808 with a long stick. - David Zicarelli _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list