On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Shaleh wrote: > > > > My main interst in Linux operating system could be justified by the > > desire to use some of the audio apps available for linux. > > Hence the first question : how's the sound working on debian (and MIDI > > if any). > > > > Hope I am not wrong here. Debian (and other Linux dists) use the same Linux > kernel. So as long as the kernel supports your sound, it works.
Actually it is a little more complicated than that. Audio in Linux is not that strong, and it is not yet IMHO, something that lures users to the Linux world, and I have yet to hear someone that has running MIDI running on a ppc-based linux. Not to underestimate the power that it offers, but if you are interested in audio only, stick to MacOS, as it offers some really powerful software. > > Second question, how hard is it to move from linuxppc to debian. I > > really don't appreciate the fact that linuxppc went commercial. > > linuxppc is based on Red Hat. So the /etc/ startup scripts live in different > places. Debian also uses a different package format. other than that the > differences are minute. far from minute, I should say. Having two different packaging systems, means that you should reinstall practically everything and reconfigure everything. Even if you should manage to find a way to just keep the binaries and apply the new packaging info, there is always the libc5/libc6 problem. Unless you use the new R5-pre which is libc6 based, then most of your binaries will not be running -or will be but with problems, see netscape. IMHO, anyone willing to make the jump to install debian to a new root partition, and then clean everything up, keeping only the vital files from redhat -some config files, convertable binaries that CANNOT be found as libc6 binaries yet (netscape, some commercial s/w, etc.). Beware that even if you use the same versions of some packages, it's unlikely that the config files will work without some tweaking, as the two systems use a slightly different path architecture. Konstantinos Margaritis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
