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> Chip has Gentoo
Which stage ( 1 or 2 ) does chip carry?
> What say debian sarge ....packages not up to fedora 3 or Suse 9.2 .
They are distributing only the 1st dvd. A lot of packages are available ( 6600
or something close ), but a lot of devel packages are on the 2nd dvd. So if
you don't compile a lot of stuff, the sarge distribution is good. A word of
caution though. Sarge has an option of 2.6 or 2.4 kernel. In the 2.6 kernel,
the sound on i810 does not work. I'm not sure about the 2.4 kernel. Also,
read the ( long ) thread on debian sarge on the list just a few days ago.
Otherwise, the installer rocks when compared to the woody installer. I think
its the new installer from ubuntu linux ( www.ubuntulinux.org ).
> If one wanted to go a little away from the rpm well trodden path
> where would one go ?
My opinion, slackware.
Kaustubh
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