Thanks Brian. That is very helpful. I am reevaluating again. I actually
didn't change much after I originally posted. This is the time if I am
going to do it this year.

Dave


On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Brian Clem <mrbrianc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> David Tisdell <david.tisdell@...> writes:
>
> >
> > Hi all,I use Rosegarden to teach composition to middle school students.
> For a long time, I used Studio64 but it wasn't being updated and I was
> running into driver issues on new hardware installations. In August, I
> installed XUbuntu and added all of the music programs I use but have been
> really unhappy with Ubuntu. There have been stability issues and frequent
> loss of communication to software synthesizers. Before I do my next round
> of
> compositions, I want to ditch Ubuntu.Does anyone have a recommendation for
> an audio distro? Remember, I am doing this with middle school student so
> stability and consistency are paramount. Personally, I have been a suse
> person for several years but there are a couple of quirks to doing digital
> audio and MIDI on suse that I don't mind dealing with myself but don't want
> to spring on my students.Thanks.Dave
> >
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> I use two different computers for my elementary school classes.  Both my
> laptop and amdx6 dual boot.  Both run AVL 6.0.1b.  Desktop also runs 12.04
> LTS because I needed smartboard drivers and at the time, 12.04LTS was the
> way to go.  Since some time, I find AVL 6 works as well.  AVL is debian.
> Its rock solid and very stable.  The laptop also runs the most bleeding
> edge
> ubuntu 13.10 daily.
>
> My reason to have AVL 6 on both computers is because when students are in
> my
> room, its just got to work.  And JACK runs much better on AVL.  Could be
> debain and/or stable branch.  Also the people behind AVL are very cool and
> support is great.  At least the best I have experienced in the computer
> world.
>
> ** Try AVL 6.
> http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=avlinux
>
> That is my recommendation.  Good luck!
>
> Brian
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