Hi all
I tried to get into FreeBSD for a while, but it's too early 4 me - gotta get more basic knowledge on commands and it was a hassle to get any sound working.
Now trying out Ubuntu live-CD; at first glance it's fast and practical (gotta learn a lot though) but can't get sound (using LynxOne soundcard -> got some tips I have to check out to install OSS driver instead of ALSA).
I hope eventually it'll work so I can dump 90% of winXP (will keep it for the fantastic program Sibelius!!)
Main problem is time... working full time I don't even have enough time to practice music , let alone record it (some old stuff on www.overblow.com/ludo if you like harmonica) + I'm 51 (thus more picky on what I spend time on, except today after a glass of wine )
greetings from Belgium, Europe
Lew
new 2 Linux - not leaving XP cause of Sibelius
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ScottL wrote:Sibelius 4.1.5 under Wine at Ubuntu Forums
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=515478
and hi!
very cool! thanks
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Sibelius... good program... but expensive too...
Lilypond is maybe a program to look at... I just subsribed to their mailinglist and many (new) people who uses Finale and Sibelius for many years say they find Lilypond better...
There's also musescore and nted and Rosegarden.
But I started also with a windows/linux dualboot, which is good to start with!
gonna listen to your music!
Sibelius... good program... but expensive too...
Lilypond is maybe a program to look at... I just subsribed to their mailinglist and many (new) people who uses Finale and Sibelius for many years say they find Lilypond better...
There's also musescore and nted and Rosegarden.
But I started also with a windows/linux dualboot, which is good to start with!
gonna listen to your music!
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that's one of the reasons I want to get away from Micro$oft: it's easy to use some (not saying Sibelius) software illegally... and I start feeling guilty not always paying for itstudio32 wrote:...Sibelius... good program... but expensive too...
I remember researching a little on what to replace Sibelius with, and Lilypond came out best, but still it's no match as far as I could assess at the time. It was some time ago so I'll look into it again, thanks.Lilypond is maybe a program to look at... I just subsribed to their mailinglist and many (new) people who uses Finale and Sibelius for many years say they find Lilypond better...
I hope you started with the youtube-link to check out my good looks...gonna listen to your music!