I don't do mailing lists, so I hope I'm doing this email thing right.  I have been recording for several years now, and have never been interested in DAW recording before because of the outragious costs of most decent recording software (such as Protools, Nuendo, etc).  I recently built a computer though, with the plans of building a DAW.  I use a Delta 1010, have 512 megs RAM, use an Athlon ASUS XV700 motherboard and 2500 Processor.  I would like to try out ardour, but I don't know the slightest thign about it, or even about LINUX.  Does Ardour have an install package of any sorts, or would I have to know all about the codes adn such necessary to unzip and install things on LINUX.  Also, what is a good distribution for ardour that would work with the hardware I use?  ( I understand that some distributions have had problems with Athlon-based hardware).  For that matter, how do I even get a version of LINUX to use?  My DAW I've build (or, am building), is not hooked to the internet, so I would need to burn something to CD I assume.  Thanks for any advice anyone can give me, and I look forward to asking even more questions later :)
Cheers!
-Brandon

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