Comments | mdlbear: Better late than...

mdlbear

Better late than...

Aug 06, 2006 23:06

I actually got a couple of things done today (surprise, surprise). First ( Read more... )

recording, websites, hardware, procrastination, albums

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technoshaman August 7 2006, 15:32:36 UTC

Etch, and not Dapper Drake? One wonders....

mdlbear August 7 2006, 16:01:58 UTC

I need the low-latency kernels from DeMuDi, which is based on Debian. Plus the fact that Debian is what I use everywhere else these days. Ubuntu is much too desktop-oriented for my taste, and in any case I don't think they deal too well with VIA CPU's. For the C3's, at least, I find myself having to use kernels built for 386.

mdlbear August 7 2006, 16:05:09 UTC

There's also the fact that I have a Debian mirror both at home and at work. It's amazing how fast you can install Debian over gigabit ethernet. Or even 100MHz.

technoshaman August 7 2006, 16:09:44 UTC

Oh, yeah. Minimal Debian ought to take about 3-4min in the download phase over GigE. (Based on $PREVIOUSCOMPANY doing full-house "Everything" Fedora Core 4 installs in 10... )