On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 23:01 +1300, Aidan Gauland wrote:
>> On 21/03/12 15:10, John Carter wrote:
>> > So having gone around and around and around the Ubuntu Oneiric / Precise
>> > / ... install, and grub grubbing and (quite promising boot-repair) root....
>> >
>> > I have got nowhere due that UEFI curse word.
>> >
>> > Arch Linux installed as slick as a greased suppository.
>> >
>> > So I'm going with that for now.
>>
>> I tried Arch.  Drive me absolutely batty.  It made me appreciate just
>> how much Debian does to make packages work nicely with the rest of the
>> system.  Arch leaves almost EVERYTHING to you.  Some users want that,
>> but I don't want *that* much control.
>>
>> Let me know how it works out for you.
>>
>> (I use Debian testing, in case anyone was wondering which release of
>> Debian I use.)
>>
>> --Aidan
>
> I'm now using LMDE which is based on debian testing. A choice I've
> bitterly regretted since I started. Initially I was using squeeze, but
> it was just too much hassle to get the nvidia card working properly ( it
> didn't even recognise it as a nvidia card ).
>
> Why on earth is is based on testing, not stable? I'd like my sound to
> work, to be able to run ffmpeg... basic trivia like that.

I don't think you need sound working to run ffmpeg.
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