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

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:29:03 +0200, Jimmy Sjölund wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Ralf Mardorf
><ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>
>>  Linux is
>> not a replacement for Windows, Linux users need to invest some time
>> to maintain their installs.
>
>
>Not necessarly. I think it depends on what you use your computer for.
>If you want to record audio and keep up with the latest developments
>you will need to maintain your installations no matter what OS and
>applications you use. However, I have happily run Ubuntu Studio LTS
>without changing much or doing more maintenance than the normal
>updates/fixes and haven't had any major breaks or need to spend time
>fixing things (unless I want to or want to fiddle with something not
>released which I tend to do on a regular basis) for many years now.

But Linux users can not go to the next supermarket and buy the
promotional offer scanner-printer-thingy, if they want to use it with
Linux. A lot of such promotional offer consumer hardware only works
with Windows and perhaps Apple. In the context I was thinking of
maintaining the complete system.