#avlinux

Music Making with Linux?

Linux distributions have a lot to offer and some are geared more towards certain tasks than others, let´s take a look at audio orientated distros and some new exciting software that runs on Linux. 

    Audio orientated distributions aren’t just stock distributions with audio software installed on top. This is a misconception that a lot of people have, and it is a misleading one.

A lot of people…

AV Linux 6.0.3

AV Linux 6.0.3

Glen MacArthur has announced the release of AV Linux 6.0.3, a new minor update of the Debian-based distribution featuring a good collection of audio and video production software: “An unscheduled surprise updated for the AV Linux 6.0 series has been released, addressing a few bugs in 6.0.2, some important software updates and a move to a newer 3.10.27-PAElow-latency default kernel.…

So it's been a couple of years for me in the magical world of Windows 7. Also, I've been working on a Mac, so (apart from my Android cell phone) I've not been using Linux very much.

I started checking distrowatch to check what's up with Linuxland and I discovered that besides Ubuntu Studio (which apparently failed to deliver in its latest version), there's two recent Linux distros amied to the multimedia producers and videomakers: Dream Studio and AVLinux.

They seem to be able to run from a pen drive, so you can bet I'll be trying both of them in the next days. Interesting fact: they're both made in Canada =)