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On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 18:17:06 +0800, Barry Kauler wrote:
>I started with Red Hat. It took me a *few days* to get Debian up and
>running.
Took me days as well. Oh, wait, that was because I downloaded it over a
33.6k modem. Silly me.
>I still haven't got sound going -- I'm amazed that I have to
>recompile the kernel just to add sound support.
Why? What would you rather have, everything compiled into a single
monolithic kernel where 90% of the stuff isn't used?
>I'm reluctant to do it, as I keep reading newsgroup and mail list messages
>from people who had trouble with recompiling.
Because those people don't know what they're doing and don't RTFM. I've
been compiling kernels since the 1.2.x days, no problems at all. You end up
with a better running machine at the end because only what you need is
installed and there isn't any cruft taking up RAM that can be better used
elsewhere. In short, you *WANT* to compile your kernel, it is better for your
system that you do.
>Sound support needs to be improved, as Red Hat have done -- I don't know what
>they have done, but I just selected my sound card and that was it.
And they also have everything compiled as a module which could lead to
problems.
>Multi-CD needs to be streamlined.
No, it doesn't. Why use a CD at all when you van get the latest and
greatest direct from the net? Better documentation, maybe, so people can get
a base install working, but beyond that, nothing but net.
>Then I started to use KMail, and suddenly my hard drive made a
>terrible sound and stopped, and everything hung, dead. I did a
>hard reboot and everything worked as though nothing had happened.
>That's a real worry.
Can we say "Hard drive failure"? I knew we could. That has nothing to do
with the software running at the time, that is a hardware issue.
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