SC is already installed / configured, with an integrated soundcard. if you want to tweak jackdrc or do something weird (external soundcard?) then you can do so in the usual ways. if you want to replace the OS you’re kinda on your own.
norns update/repo system will be addressed later…
haven’t tried superdirt on this guy but it should work.
not sure i get this question. it depends what you are doing with them? lots?
it wasn’t super obvious in @tehn’s post, but the web editor / IDE does include a live REPL. you can type statements directly into the lua interpreter or into the sclang backend.
yes indeed, norns environment works great on linux (has a couple holes on mac, still)
so far norns devs are split into the term+vim faction and the tramp-mode faction (natch)
i may as well say that i have basically zero personal interest in live-coding, and kinda seems like a normal laptop would be more suitable for that. but it’s pretty magical to be able to shell/browse to your performance device and change anything on the fly.