[AG-TECH] Gentoo or Fedora
Gavin W. Burris aka 86
ga5in at psu.edu
Mon Oct 18 08:50:12 CDT 2004
I second the suggestion for Debian. I just reinstalled my room based
node with my audio and video machines with Debian. Please feel free
to send me questions.
I recommend you use the pre-rc2 netinst CD image:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre-rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
Cheers.
Steve Smith wrote (on Sat, 16 Oct 2004 at 15:32):
> Monika Rabarison wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Thinking about upgrading the "good old" Linux capture boxes to 2.3,
> > what would you guys suggest Gentoo or Fedora? Any pros and cons?
>
> Another option is Debian (AG packages available at
> http://www.vislab.usyd.edu.au/debian). The main pros are those of
> Debian: ease of upgrade (no need to do re-installs), good security
> support, large number of supported packages. The main con has
> traditionally been the difficulty of installation (this is much better
> with the recent beta installers). Also, the next stable release isn't
> actually out yet, although it should be soon.
>
> There are also packages available for Slackware, which has good support
> and a shorter release cycle if you prefer that.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
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Gavin W. Burris aka 86
Senior Systems Programmer
Penn State Visualization Group
http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in
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