[ardour-users] where do i start

[vector]

Thanks Jan and Mark
Ill have a look at  Fedora Core 2 but I just found it was red hat and i 
had trouble way back at the begining with that.
I guess i ended up with debian because allthough it was the "most 
complicated to install ;) it seemed to be able to access so much more 
"stuff"  and there were some debian users here,, but the audio authoring 
is beyond them so i have "outgrown" my support base :(
 I even tried Startcom but its was too unfamiliar.
Ill see what happens with the thread re debian and use your fedora as a 
fall back :)
I just dont want to waste  the learning curve i have put into  debian, 
as i have most of the other aspects i feel are important sorted out
like ssh to and from the other machines etc.. The studio is kinda 
split.. a garage at one house and a pc at mine. most of the rec will be 
done at the garage while the audio polishing will be done at my place.. 
im using ssh to transfer things around.

just as way of example.. i installed ubuntu the other day.. easy as no 
probs. untill i went to su root to aptget sshd
3/4 hour later i learnt ubuntu dosent have root and it uses sudu.. i got 
confused having installed sarge and few others prior to that.
I was left thinking ...ggeeps if debian changes radical things like that 
across is distros what chance have i got with other linux flavours.
I guess you can see why im lost if nothing else. excuse my slowness in 
"jumping" to another one.

maybe i need to step back and take another look at the whole thing.

>>Hi all
>>I have no specific Q in this email just a big Im lost,, i need a hand to 
>>hold.
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>>I realise long emails are a pain so i'll keep it as short as possible.
>>I was once a winxp looser ;) but have spent the last 6 months playing 
>>with linux.
>>My main reason? cakewalk was consistantly dropping its bundle right when 
>>you needed it to record.
>>Im not a: pro,technican, IT or sound eng, just a muso trying to get his 
>>band up and going.
>>ardour looked great so I started the slippery snake of linux.
>>and this is where im at.
>>im running debian on 3 or so machines. (sarge and ubuntu install) I have 
>>tried various others lately but im now used to apt-get and su root and 
>>really find other "flavours" confusing now.
>>problem is im having trouble getting alsa and jack to take hold
>>im like totally lost.
>>some cd player apps work others dont
>>ive never gotten ardour past the front "you dont have jack" message.
>>I think its gotten confused with whatever audio drivers were originally 
>>loaded. I hoped ubuntu would help.I just installed it fresh on yet 
>>another machine because it uses ALSA but i notice now it doesnt have 
>>jack and when I apt-cache search ardour its not listed. so im lost yet 
>>again.
>>
>>If anyone is willing to hold my hand and take me thru this one step at a 
>>time id really appreciate it.
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