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Hey,
Just to clarify: I was expressing my expericences of AvLinux, and my

intention was far

from trying to start a flame war. Perhaps I should have worded my opinion

differently as

to avoid a misunderstanding.
-Harry van Haaren
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Ken Restivo  wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 01:18:46PM +0100, Harry Van Haaren wrote:

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> > Hey,

> >

> > I wont answer your question on "Why Debian?", but i will say that AV

> linux

> > is amazing!

> > I'm really impressed with it because:

> > - FFADO "just worked". ie: modprobe raw1394, chmod /dev/raw1394, start

> jack.

> > Record 12 channels at 8ms for 1/2 n hour with 1 xrun.

> > -XFCE: Although i downgraded to stable (4.4) despite having the testing

> 4.6

> > installed, it was not much effort, and not half as bloat as KDE/full

> gnome.

> > -RemasterSys: Click the button, answer some questions (that are newbie

> > freindly) and have an ISO made of your exact current system. (I know

> other

> > distros have this feature, but they never seemed to work so well.

> > -Wine: For windows -> linux people its great: pre installed. if you dont

> > need it, its only a click away in Synaptic!

> > -I could go on, but networking, internet browsing, typing (Abiword :-)

> etc

> > all works well too, installing is a doddle, and if i take a DVD around, i

> > can get my entire system up & running in under 2 mins! (Upload edited

> files

> > to a git repo on Github when developing, my own site if its an update on

> > music.)

> >

> > GMac, the "Author" of AV really done a great job in my opinion, very much

> > recommended!

>

> I'm not taking the distro flamewar-bait either.

>

> AVLinux does look very tasty. I'm happy with Lenny for now, but as it gets

> further and further out of date over the next year or two, I might consider

> trying something different.

>

> -ken

>

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Hey,Just to clarify: I was expressing my expericences of AvLinux, a=

nd my intention was farfrom trying to start a flame war. Perhaps I shou=

ld have worded my opinion differently asto avoid a misunderstanding.

-Harry van HaarenOn Wed, Jul=

 29, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Ken Restivo <ken@restivo.org> wrote:

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 01:18:46PM +0100, Harry Van Haaren wrote:

quoted text
> Hey,

>

> I wont answer your question on "Why Debian?", but i will say=

 that AV linux

quoted text
> is amazing!

> I'm really impressed with it because:

> - FFADO "just worked". ie: modprobe raw1394, chmod /dev/raw1=

394, start jack.

quoted text
> Record 12 channels at 8ms for 1/2 n hour with 1 xrun.

> -XFCE: Although i downgraded to stable (4.4) despite having the testin=

g 4.6

quoted text
> installed, it was not much effort, and not half as bloat as KDE/full g=

nome.

quoted text
> -RemasterSys: Click the button, answer some questions (that are newbie=

> freindly) and have an ISO made of your exact current system. (I know o=

ther

quoted text
> distros have this feature, but they never seemed to work so well.

> -Wine: For windows -> linux people its great: pre installed. if you=

 dont

quoted text
> need it, its only a click away in Synaptic!

> -I could go on, but networking, internet browsing, typing (Abiword :-)=

 etc

quoted text
> all works well too, installing is a doddle, and if i take a DVD around=

, i

quoted text
> can get my entire system up & running in under 2 mins! (Upload edi=

ted files

quoted text
> to a git repo on Github when developing, my own site if its an update =

on

quoted text
> music.)

>

> GMac, the "Author" of AV really done a great job in my opini=

on, very much

quoted text
> recommended!

I'm not taking the distro flamewar-bait either.
AVLinux does look very tasty. I'm happy with Lenny for now, but as it g=

ets further and further out of date over the next year or two, I might cons=

ider trying something different.
-ken
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