Re: Which Linux distro for Lilypond

[Andrew Bernard]

The OP is just moving to Linux for the first time. As a user since just about forever of a dozen distros, while I have a good deal of admiration for Arch Linux, the initial installation is difficult for a beginner, and not everybody wants to be a sysadmin. That's why I would still suggest Ubuntu or Mint which is based on Ubuntu.

Andrew

On 29 December 2016 at 12:57, Alasdair McAndrew <address@hidden> wrote:

I haven't followed the complete thread, but I'm a current happy
user of Archlinux, and it runs Lilypond, Frescobaldi fine.  Also,
I have managed to set up the Midi interface so that I can play the
midi output from within Frescobaldi.

Arch has particularly fine documentation, and its wiki contains
some of the best, clearest, and most useful help and advice I've
found for any distribution (and I've used plenty!).

There's a perception that Arch is "difficult", which I think is
overplayed.  Anyway, the time spent tinkering with Arch and
getting it running to your satisfaction is good sysadmin practice.

As well as the wiki, there's a helpful forum, and a subreddit.