What is "puredyne"

puredyne was a live Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and Debian Live and dedicated to live audio-and-visual processing and streaming. Its focus was on the Pure Data audio synthesis system as well as SuperCollider, Csound and others, plus live video-processing systems such as Processing and Fluxus. It also included hardware related software such as arduino and came bundled with home-studio and graphic design software ( Ardour, JACK, GIMP, Inkscape, etc.).

Development of puredyne was supported by the Arts Council England. Puredyne was a featured download on productivity weblog Lifehacker and was named as one of the two software of year 2010 by the pixelache network of electronic festivals.

The conclusion of the Puredyne project was announced on the Puredyne mailing list in February 2012. Reasons stated for this decision involve difficulty in maintaining the distribution, and a lack of consensus with regard to future direction. The final version is the 10.10 Gazpacho beta.