Looks interesting but looks very much geared in the one direction. However, it seems to be what I was looking for about a year back. A distribution designed for multimedia functions i.e. has the pre-emptive patches applied to the kernel. Apart from that though, what does it offer over and above debian? From the description on the page, it limits the number of packages for it so your options are lessened. Also, given the name, and the emphasis on the 64 part, I'd suggest that perhaps the 32bit edition is a bit of an after thought in which case, for most users, this isn't going to be the distribution for them. On 1/15/07, Terri Lomax <tess.lomax at aut.ac.nz> wrote: > Chris wrote: > > I have a Pentium II, 350Mhz, 128M RAM with Windows 98. > I am about to buy a dual core Athlon or Pentium Dell PC, 1G RAM, 160G > hdd, Windows XP. > > **************** > Can I recommend Studio 64 - there is a 32 bit version and a 64 bit > version, and is Debian with extra multimedia patches and fixes. > > I am running the 32 bit version on a dual pentium pro with 512 meg RAM, > and the 64 bit version on a dual opteron with 2 gig RAM. The SMP kernels > install automatically if you have the hardware. M-Audio sound cards seem > to be automatically configured, as do Nvidia video cards. > > It installed and ran on both machines without any fuss whatsoever. > > You'll find the download here. > http://www.64studio.com/ > > the 32 bit version loads very little software by default - the 64 bit > version loads a complete suit of digital content programs. > > You need to set up the repositories in the synaptric package manager > (find suitable sites from the list of debian mirror sites). > > Set up Apache (with php, mysql etc) using the synaptic package manager - > along with any other software on the debian repositories. it all just > installs and runs. > > I found updating (apt-get update) also works flawlessly. > > To get SUN Java and other SUN software installed, install "bc" and > "Xterm" (not installed by default), reboot, and then install the sun > software in a console (root) session. > > regards > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AuckLUG mailing list > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug >
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