Why Mandrake Linux?
There are many distributions to choose from. Mandrake offers simplicity and full-featured power in one package. There’s no need for a specialty distribution, as Mandrake can easily be tailored to one task or a full desktop operating system. It’s free, it has a large community of supporters and developers, and all of the packages in Mandrake Linux are freely distributable and open source. Urpmi allows you to install the applications you need, without the dependency problems often associated with RPMs, and you can keep your system up-to-date with a single command. The main reason I’ve chosen it for an audio workstation is because you can set it up with little to no unix expertise, often with little to no trouble, and you can easily help improve the next version by financial or developmental contributions. See Mandrake’s website for more information. Choosing Hardware As far as power goes, you can get by with a simple system, but more is almost always better. You will need at least a Pent
