Subject: RE: [linux-audio-user] MDK audio distro survey
From: Brian Redfern (bredfern@calarts.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 01:28:47 EET
For me, I used to use Suse until I came across CCRMA, they just have their
system so well put together, their server uptime and package reliability
is just great.
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Mark Knecht wrote:
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-audio-user-admin@music.columbia.edu
> > [mailto:linux-audio-user-admin@music.columbia.edu]On Behalf Of Brian
> > Redfern
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:51 PM
> > To: linux-audio-user@music.columbia.edu
> > Subject: RE: [linux-audio-user] MDK audio distro survey
> >
> >
> > Hey, I'm totally grateful to Fernando, he's saved me many, many hours of
> > configuration and kernel recompiling, Planet CCRMA works great with Redhat
> > 8.0, and using synaptic and the apt-get port its super easily!
> >
> > http://www.brianredfern.org
> >
>
> And I haven't heard Austin say anything bad about Fernando or the Planet. I
> think Austin likes Mandrake a lot, and he's asked a very general question of
> people that may not be qualified to answer"
>
> "Why isn't Mandrake your distribution of choice?"
>
> For me, I've heard great things about Mandrake, but I've never built a
> machine using Mandrake. Except for recent, I think, things I've read about
> Mandrake going under financially, I've really considered trying it out.
> However, I can't figure out right now how it's better or worse, and I'm not
> qualified to say much more.
>
> If the Mandrake version of RPM is capable of figuring out dependencies and
> then automatically getting me all the stuff I need, then that's a step up
> from standard Redhat, and close to what Fernando provides. It might be
> enough to cause me to look, if it's true, but I don't know much more today.
>
> Very happy to have Austin here talking about Mandrake because I am truly
> interested.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>
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