Re: gEDA-user: which linux?

[Syed Faisal Akber <faisal@xxxxxxxxx>]

For Slackware or other distributions, it is not the matter that a
particular driver exists or not.  It is a matter of whether the driver was
compiled in that particular distro.

There rare cases these days where you need to download 3rd party driver
source code and ensure that it is there.


73,
Faisal Akber

On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, Stephen Meier wrote:

> I tried slackware on the for mentioned laptop. But at the time it lacked
> the device drivers needed (new intel chipset). That is why it ended up
> as a fedora machine for  about 3 years until its hard drive died. It was
> infact the family internet computer for most of that time. I refused to
> support any windows machine on the internet as the last one became so
> loaded with viruses, spyware, popups and such. The kids begged for
> internet access, so I let them use the linux based laptop. Now if that
> isn't a test of stability and security then I don't know what is. ;)
>
> Steve Meier
>
>
>
>
> Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:
>
> >On 11/5/05, Syed Faisal Akber <faisal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>You just asked a very sensitive question.  Asking which distribution to
> >>use is like asking one's religion.  There are no good or bad answers (most
> >>of the time).  Some distributions have merits over others and vice-versa.
> >>
> >>I prefer Slackware.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Agreed. I'm VERY happy with Slackware, at least as of 10.0.  I do need
> >to try upgrading though -- I've been meaning to do so for quite some
> >time.
> >
> >However, I'm actually interested in Linux From Scratch, because I'd
> >really like to learn the ins and outs of Linux distributions a lot
> >better.  And, besides that, I'd like my environment to be based more
> >on AppDirs (those familiar with MacOS X or RoxFiler will know exactly
> >what I'm talking about), for their convenience.  Since this is a
> >personal workstation environment, and not a server environment, the
> >issues of proper partition planning such as whether to put something
> >in /usr versus /usr/share versus /usr/share/lib versus /usr/local/lib
> >doesn't pertain to my needs.
> >
> >It would be interesting to see gEDA as a ROX-Filer AppDir "package."
> >
> >
> >
> >>I suggest that you try the various different versions before sticking to a
> >>particular flavour of Linux.  If you can get your hands on VMware
> >>Workstation, you can install Linux in a Virtual Machine while running
> >>windows.  Try out each distribution until you find the one you like.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >If you don't want to use VMware for whatever reason, there are
> >alternatives.  qemu is my personal recommendation.  It's completely
> >free too, but it does (as far as I know for Linux, and I assume it
> >applies for Windows too) lack a convenient GUI interface.
> >
> >--
> >Samuel A. Falvo II
> >
> >
> >
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