[ardour-users] where do i start

[Jan Depner]

On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 19:21, vector wrote:
> 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..

    I don't blame you.  It looks like Derek can get you on the right
track with Debian.

>  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.
> 
    I fixed this problem - I just converted my garage into a studio ;-) 
Damn near soundproof - full band and you can hardly hear it from 30
meters away.

> 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.
> 

    Well, if you do decide in the end to jump ship just yell.

Jan