RE: debian vs linuxppc
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> 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).
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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.
> 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.
As far as linuxppc "going commercial", they pretty much always were. However I
have met two of the key guys for linuxppc -- they are decent people and are
just trying to fund development and buy themselves beer, machines, and a roof
over their head -- roughly that order (=
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