[AG-TECH] Gentoo or Fedora

[Gavin W. Burris aka 86]

Rough notes, taken from my bash_history here:
http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in/AccessGridNodeOperation.html#buildlog


Monika Rabarison wrote (on Mon, 18 Oct 2004 at 11:21):
> Gavin,
> 
> Could you email the steps you took for building the ALSA driver?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Monika
> 
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Gavin W. Burris aka 86 wrote:
> 
> > I do recommend Debian over Gentoo.  I have to agree with Ivan.  I
> > would not use Gentoo as a production system.  But I admit my bias for
> > Debian.  Though I came to this bias because I have found Debian easier
> > to maintain in a production environment, as well as for personal use
> > and experimentation, mostly due to the package management and the
> > Social Contract of Debian/GNU Linux.
> > 
> > The Gotcha with Debian is to install ALSA sound drivers.  In Linux,
> > the ALSA sound drivers are much better than the default OSS drivers.
> > I had to install the kernel-source package and built my own kernel,
> > then build the alsa-source package against it.  Not really a big deal.
> > I'll email you the steps I took If you like.  Maybe I should include
> > this info on my webpages?
> > 
> > I had no bugs. :)  Even my multiple video capture devices worked
> > "out of the box".  You do have to wrap your head around the ALSA
> > mixer settings, though.
> > 
> > Victor M. Babson, Jr. wrote (on Mon, 18 Oct 2004 at 10:14):
> > > Gavin,
> > > 
> > > I'm about to change the OS from RHEL WS3 to Gentoo in order to get some
> > > bug-fixes in the 2.3 version.  I've tried installing 2.3 on the current OS,
> > > but no dice.
> > > 
> > > I use Debian for a number of things on a number of machines.  I've never
> > > tried installing the AGTk.  Are there any gotcha's?  Some bugs that you've
> > > found but can deal with??  Examples?
> > > 
> > > Would you recommend Debian over Gentoo for AG, or were you just throwing
> > > this out there so people know that someone has done it?
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your advice/time.
> > > 
> > > --Vic
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Gavin W. Burris aka 86" <ga5in at psu.edu>
> > > To: "Steve Smith" <ssmith at vislab.usyd.edu.au>
> > > Cc: "Monika Rabarison" <monika.k.rabarison at ccaix.jsums.edu>;
> > > <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>
> > > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 9:50 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Gentoo or Fedora
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > 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
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > Gavin W. Burris aka 86
> > > > Senior Systems Programmer
> > > > Penn State Visualization Group
> > > > http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Gavin W. Burris aka 86
> > Senior Systems Programmer
> > Penn State Visualization Group
> > http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in
> > 
> 
> 
> 

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Gavin W. Burris aka 86
Senior Systems Programmer
Penn State Visualization Group
http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in