I've used mac, windows and various flavors of linux. I found the Jacklab linux distro to be the easiest to have all the csound and linux audio stuff setup right from the install, with all the software ready to run.

I found with mac osx it still seemed hostile to most of the gui based open source, except for java apps like blue, and command line stuff ran the same. But I couldn't get jack to run under macosx to save my life, while it is dead easy with Jacklab or 64Studio flavors of linux. Jacklab just comes with all the csound goodies pre-installed, which makes it extremely easy for a new user.

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Joseph Sanger <joseph.sanger@virgin.net> wrote:
PS I think Ubuntu PPC is a bit different to Ubuntu i386 in that it's not officially supported any more (I think). That put me off a bit, which is why I went for Debian.


Anthony Kozar wrote:
Thanks, Steven, for the update on Java!  I am happy that it is finally
available in an open source package that works :)

I got off the "upgrade wave" as David called it about six years ago.  I fear
that Apple will continue to pull its games but I am currently comtemplating
upgrading one of our computers to OS X 10.4 or 10.5 (if I can give up
Classic) anyways.  I also may just install the latest Ubuntu PPC.  Either
way I will use mostly open source music software in my "work", but does
anyone have any opinions on the matter?  Is there any reason to go with OS X
other than iApps and the ability for me to more easily develop open source
software for OS X users?  (I have 10.2 right now and I have been told a few
times now by open source developers that 10.2 is "obsolete")

Being able to use blue is a big motivator for me, so it would also have to
work in Linux PPC for me to really go that route ...  (blue does run fine in
10.2 -- thanks Steven ^_^ )

Anthony Kozar
mailing-lists-1001 AT anthonykozar DOT net
http://anthonykozar.net/


Steven Yi wrote on 7/25/08 2:50 PM:

Java is indeed open source now.  Fedora is now packaging the OpenJDK
project with the latest release, and it looks like Ubuntu Hardy Heron
has it as well.  [...]

FYI: Regarding Apple, they released Java 6 but only for 64-bit OSX
releases.  This kind of practice is why I don't want to invest in
Apple products [...]



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