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
