Re: Which Linux distro for Lilypond

[Craig Dabelstein]

Hi all,

Thanks for all the input and suggestions. Happy New Year to all Lilyponders.

All the best,

Craig

On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 at 7:05 am, Wols Lists <address@hidden> wrote:

On 30/12/16 04:49, David Wright wrote:
>>> I don't know what the happy medium is, though!
>> >
>> > Start with something easy? Ubuntu or Kubuntu sounds a good choice BUT. I
>> > just cannot get on with Debian-based distros or Gnome.
> Could you explain that a bit? I can't see why the OP would take note of
> I like A but not B without any explanation of what you base you views on.
>
>> > So openSUSE is
>> > also a good distro to try, seeing as it's rpm and KDE.
> I don't understand. 36 hours ago you wrote "I've had a fair bit of
> trouble with SuSE and lilypond" and "I could not get the then
> latest lilypond to install on the then latest SuSE".
> (Also I notice that another post here contained "OpenSuse Leap 42.1
> [...] did have oddities in relation to lilypond.")
>
> What are the advantages to LilyPond of rpm over deb,
> for example? Or KDE on openSUSE as opposed to KDE on
> a Debian-based distribution?
>
That the OP "just feels comfortable", maybe?

I started computers using Pr1mos, went to Sintran, learnt DOS and
Windows 3.1, and on and on. And I don't know why, but I personally just
do NOT get on with Debian and Gnome.

My wife's "computer" (a VirtualBox instance, actually) is still stuck on
WinXP - not because I can't upgrade the virtual box, but because I can't
upgrade my wife :-) Windows has just changed too radically for her.

Thing is, a lot of people do not like change. The OP may find he gets on
great with plain Ubuntu. Or he may not. Linux gives people *choice* and
I would hate to see someone walk away from linux because they didn't
like something that was easy to change, if only they'd known they could.
That's the point of comparing Ubuntu with SUSE - they are opposite ends
of the spectrum - if you don't like one, you may well like the other.
And there's plenty (too much? :-) choice inbetween, too.

Cheers,
Wol

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