Stan Olejarz wrote:
> 
> I need some info before I abandon Windows operating system for Linux .

Go easy on yourself - there's no reason to abandon Windows immediately -
install a dual boot system.

>     1. which linux flavour should I use with Csound?

So much is happening lately in terms of Linux distributions, I don't
know what to say. Red-hat is a conservative, reliable, easy to install
choice, however. 

>  2. where can I get this version of Linux?

www.redhat.com, or better yet, your local Borders or Barnes and Noble
bookstore. Look for a book that includes a RedHat CD. Just make sure
it's version 5.x or later. 

>     3. Is Linux as hard to install as everybody says?

Linux is not really difficult to install lately. The more popular
distributions are really getting user-friendly lately as far as the
installation procedures go. It's down to a step-by-step
answer-the-questions thing lately. Probably about as easy/difficult as
installing Windows on a raw hard drive.

You might be asking the wrong question. Installing Linux is the easy
part (usually). But what to you do when you're first presented with that
login prompt? Where do you go from there? That's where the real effort
begins.

>     4. are drivers hard to find?

Do you mean sound-card drivers? then, no, assuming you don't have an
odd-ball or very recent sound-card.  

- Larry Troxler