9 Oct
2003
9 Oct
'03
1:48 a.m.
At 08:04 AM 9/10/2003, Benjamin Flaming wrote:
For the sake of offering an alternative view, I've
found Slackware to be a
*much* better distro for a hands-on learner like me. I never really got
into Linux very deeply until I switched over to Slackware. Believe it or
not, I think you have to know *more* in order to use Redhat or Debian for
audio. The simple reason is that the other distros introduce so many
non-standard behaviors, that I could rarely even complete a simple HOWTO
without some cryptic error message popping up. Now that I've switched to
Slackware, OTOH, things generally work right from the start. Even
Cinelerra, which (according to the web site) is supposed to be difficult
to build from source, compiled without complaint and runs without a
hitch. Your milage may vary, of course ;)
I totally agree. Started with Debian 2.2, tried Mandrake, RedHat, and now
Slackware. This is where I am staying. I feel totally in control of my
system, I know exactly what is running, and how it is started and stopped,
I can break a package open to fetch one file without having to install the
whole damn thing, and even rebuild it again without having to write some
criptic file just to tell the package manager that something should be done
when the package is installed etc.
I also like the fact that all the setup programmes, eg the installation and
configuration, is all written in bash scripting, using the dialog programme
to make it interractive. Installation programmes written and compiled are
more of a problem IMO, as if you have a problem, you can simply open the
script file, find the spot with the problem, and make a modification on the
fly, and continue with the running of the script.
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Luke Yelavich
AudioSlack Founder and main package maintainer
Audio software packaged for the Slackware Linux Distribution
http://www.audioslack.com
luke(a)audioslack.com