-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The machine in question was an AMD AM2 4400+. The distro was the 32 bit version (I migrated an existing install off of a Dual P3 machine).
If this is a 64bit install then you should check that vuescan is compatible with a 64bit environment. There are a lot of things that still do not work with a native 64bit OS. ~ Most of the broken apps are not surprisingly from the proprietary software world. If you need wine to get some applications to work you are probably better off in the 32bit side of the pool. Hth, Richard Carter wrote: | Hi Gustin, | | Many thanks for your extensive and informative reply! It confirmed what | I had already thought-- I should stick with the Debian "family". | | In an earlier email you wrote that you had been able to get vuescan to | work "out of the box". | I wonder if that is because you had a different processor than me (I | have an amd64) rather than a different distro. | | All the best. | | Robin | | On Jan 8, 2008 3:36 AM, Gustin Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED] | <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: | | I have used many distros over the years. To be honest, most are pretty | good. The first distro that clicked with me was Debian, and my favorite | ~ Desktop Environment is KDE, so it is not surprising that KUbuntu | is my | personal choice. | | Having said that, I would choose a distro that has a lot of local users, | since this list is likely going to be your second stop for help and | support (google should become your first :) | | ~From what I can see, the Debian and Ubuntu distros have a lot of local | users and should be "safe" choices. Also, I know a number of Fedora | users so that is not bad choice either. There are also a few Gentoo | people so that should also be a viable alternative alongside Mandriva. | | By comparison there are only two of us who have significant Slackware | experience, and only one of the two is still a passionate user. | This is | not to say that it is not a fine distro, but when you run into problems | (you will regardless of the distro you choose), it could be a more | difficult to get help. | | Given that you already have some experience with Debian, I would either | stay with Debian or try one of the Ubuntu variants. | | In a perfect world you would have the time to try as many distros as you | can, and then choose the one that you "clicked" with. | | Richard Carter wrote: | | Hi Folks. | | | | I think I've broke debian! My mouse is dead and apt-get and aptitude | | don't seem to work. Rather than bore you with the gory details, I | | think I'll reinstall. So now the question is what distro do | people in | | CLUG favour? I like debian but ubuntu and kubuntu seem popular. What | | do you like? | | | | Thanks for any advice. | | | | Robin | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | _______________________________________________ | | clug-talk mailing list | | [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | | http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca | | Mailing List Guidelines ( http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) | | **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | _______________________________________________ | clug-talk mailing list | [email protected] | http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca | Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) | **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHg7GuwRXgH3rKGfMRAmlQAJ4pPtO4bhhDxESh03n3cJSf577KxQCcCigR fasW9A38yhIT3G/vvowf/mw= =/n/g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
