Ubuntu Linux is the most popular variety of Linux in use on desktop and laptop systems. It has the backing of a for-profit corporation - (Canonical Inc.) behind it, a defined philosophy and a huge and + (Canonical Inc.), a defined philosophy and a huge and worldwide user base. As a result, it is a common platform for people who want to use Ardour and other tools for music creation and pro-audio work. @@ -26,9 +24,26 @@ title: Ubuntu Linux
-+ If you are really committed to using Ubuntu for pro-audio or music + creation work, you should .... +
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+ If you not yet committed to using Ubuntu for pro-audio or music + creation work, you should probably consider using a different + distribution that has a demonstrated history of not making life for + users like you more complex than it needs to be. In particular you + might want to consider a distribution such + as AVLinux + or Dreamstudio + that is specifically focused on media creation work. +
+ +@@ -36,34 +51,35 @@ title: Ubuntu Linux released by Ubuntu has been correctly built or not. Ubuntu has a history of making packaging errors that lead to crashes, missing functionality and odd behaviour that is not present in the - ready-to-run version of the program that you can get from ardour.org - (or in the packages released by other distributions) + ready-to-run version of the program that you can get from ardour.org (or in the packages + released by other distributions)
- If you plan to use Ardour on Ubuntu, you are strongly - recommended to download the ready-to-run version from - ardour.org. Ardour's lead developer (and many of the most active - members of our user community) will not provide support for, and - will not investigate bugs reported for, Ubuntu's own packages of - Ardour. + Ardour starts up and basically runs, but you encounter subtle + problems (for example, with plugin GUIs or with export, or with the + use of certain specific plugins), or are missing functionality, or + run into crashes.
- If have already installed the Ubuntu package of Ardour and find that - although the program starts up and basically runs, but you are - running into more subtle problems (for example, with plugin GUIs or - with export, or with the use of certain specific plugins), then you - are strongly recommended to download the - ready-to-run version from ardour.org. + Download the ready-to-run version + from ardour.org. Ardour's + lead developer (and many of the most active members of our user + community) will not provide support for, and will not investigate + bugs reported for, Ubuntu's own packages of Ardour. The ardour.org + packages install along side your distribution versions, and do not + interfere or interact in anyway other than sharing your own personal + Ardour settings and configuration choices.