[ubuntu-studio-users] looking for a secure and private linux distro, with the following . . .

[Kaza Kore]

> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:53:35 +0200
> From: ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
> To: ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] looking for a secure and private linux distro, with the following . . .
> 
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 08:01:49 +0000, Kaza Kore wrote:
> >One of the best things about Linux in general is the ability to run
> >them off a USB key without having to install!
> 
> I guess everybody on this list and other lists agree with this
> statement. The different *buntu flavours and other distros often
> provide live media. I would prefer to burn a DVD RW or CD RW over an
> USB stick. It's important to be aware that DVD and CD are not nearly as
> fast as an installed Linux is.
> 
Sure but as the OP is asking for recomendations and coming from Windows I felt it worth pointing out here how easy it is to test a few versions and see what he likes without installing.

> For newbies IMO *buntu flavours, excepted of Ubuntu, Fedora and Suse
> might be interesting. A newbie should avoid distros with a small user
> base or no mailing list, so I'm completely against e.g. Mint.

Ummm. You what?!?! No.1 on Distrowatch[1] above Ubuntu. Has a Forum[2] and a mailinglist[3] plus it is based on Ubuntu so most Ubuntu resources will help you with any problems. Please explain what of this you are against! If I wanted a general desktop installation it is definitely the first I would try. Especially with the amount of extra things that are meant to just work out the box which will not with (almost) any other distro for legal reasons. Makes it (sound) perfect for the beginner!


> 
> JFTR Linux Flash Player is outdated, is outdated, is outdated! HTML5
> does provide most needed features, so no Flash Player is needed, but
> assumed Flash Player really should be needed, then Linux users need to
> install Google Chrome (don't confuse it with Google Chromium).
> Installing the outdated Flash Player on Linux is ridiculous.
> 
Some things just don't seem to want to work with html5 even though they should. I don't like Chrome! Flash for Linux may be outdated,  being kept at version 11 (same as Android and you don't see phone users complaining too much) but it is still updated! Last update was two days ago! Linux (excluding Chrome OS)

11.2.202.468 (23 June 2015; 2 days ago)[4] So at least you don't have to worry about it and security flaws! ;-)

> Assumed there's heavy usage of codecs, I would avoid distros who
> can't decide to prefer libav or ffmpeg. AFAIK libav was/is a temporary
> fashion of *buntu and Debian. The distro I prefer by default builds
> against ffmpeg. This and the fact that not all hardware such as
> scanners are supported by Linux (the kernel) is a hint, that Linux is
> not a replacement for Windows, Linux users need to invest some time to
> maintain their installs.
> 

Yeah as far as I'm aware ffmpeg doesn't exist in anything based on Debian, and thus anything based on Ubuntu, these days. IIRC the package has even been removed from the repositories and the fake renamed package is no longer there so you are forced to use libav unless you add an unofficial repository with the aim of getting ffmpeg on your system.

[1] http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
[2] http://forums.linuxmint.com/
[3] http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=152&t=73603
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player
 		 	   		  
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