[linrad] Re: Linux distributions

[richard <blueyonder.co.uk; richard.bown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

leif@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Doc and all,
>
>
> > Can you share some of the details of when you did
> > your experiments, which Linux distros and apps you
> > tried, and some of what you tried with SVGALIB?
> >
> > I am using Puppy Linux and some of the guys associated
> > with that distro seem remarkably able to solve many
> > challenges!
>
>
> As far as I know Linrad runs under every Linux distribution.
> My knowledge is limited however. I can not try everything
> myself but nobody has reported to me that Linrad does
> not work with some particular distribution.
>
> Those I have tried myself are:
> RedHat
> Mandrake
> Debian
> Suse
> Slackware
> Fedora
> and several very old ones with 6.2.xx kernels.
>
> Besides GCC compiler with utilities, Linrad needs 
> svgalib, nasm and sound.
>
> To install svgalib one needs kernel headers that are correct
> for the running kernel. I always use OSS for sound and to
> install it one sometimes also needs the kernel headers.
> nasm just needs GCC.
>
>                           * * *
>
>
> If you have a Linux distribution running on a computer and
> fail to install Linrad, send a mail to the Linrad mailing list
> describing the problem. Maybe someone can help, maybe 
> (although not so likely) there is some reason why a particular 
> distribution can not be used.
>
> If I get the information from those of you who actually try
> I will put the information on the Linrad Home Page: "What
> Linux packages do not allow Linrad (or make installation
> difficult)"
>
> 73
>
> Leif
> Just one foot note to that Leif

There is a move with all the linux distros to cope with hot plugging of devices.
and due to this /dev/ is now dynamic, This means you can no longer rely on svgalibs
to create entires in the /dev tables.
This is done by udev.

Mandriva  follows this approach, and so will the others,
for all the distros the main use is desktop apps and the ease of which they can be implemented.
People want to be able to plug anything into a USB port and see it work.

The down side to linrad is manually entering into /dev with mknod every time the machine is powered up.

It may be better to look at some of the more ancient distro's which specialize for applications away 
from the main stream.

Mandriva is not an odd ball distro, its one of the easiest to set up and has taken over 3 other 
distros in the past year, and its still got an appetite for more.

Hope that clarifies a bit

Richard G8JVM

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