On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Thanos Tsouanas wrote:

> The problem with debian/redhat based distros is that 1) i don't
> know where to begin 2) they lack a ports system that would make
> maintenance of music software a breeze.  In the case i decide to
> use linux as a music workstation (which i try to avoid since i
> love bsd --and use it as desktop-- in favor of linux) I think
> i'll go with Gentoo due to it's ports..

Pkgsrc works great to provide entire Linux systems -- missing packages can
be found in pkgsrc-wip.

If you have questions on how to set it up or need ready-to-use Linux
packages, let me know.

 Jeremy C. Reed

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