The drivers for ATI are quite well supported under Kanotix and #kanotix on IRC is always bustling with activity.
When I first loaded the kanotix liveCD, the only problem was the resolution wasn't right but the following necessary modules were there and were loaded:
# color depth
# wireless modules
which was what I needed to get going with making installation art on Pd right away.
All I had to do was edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to set it to the correct resolution (literally changing 3 lines) and it was ready to go for the HD install I now use.
In short it took less than a week to apt-get all the required dependencies to be up and at 'em from the latest CVS of both Pure Data and GridFlow. I wouldn't go back to demudi.
./d5
On Feb 17, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Paris Treantafeles wrote:
Hi d5,
I'm experimenting with distros myself - been running debian for about a month and pretty happy but... can you explain a bit about why you recommend Kanotix for ATI users?
Thanks, p
On Feb 17, 2006, at 9:49 AM, day 5 wrote:
Kanotix is superior.
I use Kanotix. I wouldn't go back to Ubuntu / Demudi.
GridFlow, PDP, pidip, GEM all work magnificently. I would not change to Ubuntu even if Hoary paid me with a box load of Ubuntu install CD's.
Although one must consider what hardware you are running on; my synopsis is thus:
Nvidia - use Ubuntu / Demudi ATI - use Kanotix
see also #kanotix on irc.freenode.net - I reiterate once again, a truly superior distribution.
People tend to use RedHat or Ubuntu only because they "know the name". Kanotix is the best distro you've never heard of.
./d5
On Feb 16, 2006, at 11:18 PM, Marc Lavallée wrote:
Le 16 Février 2006 21:03, vincent rioux a écrit :
Hello Marc, could you tell us why you choose Kanotix instead of Knoppix to create your custom liveCD/installCD?
Because it uses Debian unstable. And because there's more goodies. Kanotix is based on Knoppix. It's a Knoppix on steroids.
i once tried with Knoppix and found that it was relatively easy if one follows: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto but unfortunately did not find much time to go on. i also tried Morphix but paradoxically found it slightly more difficult.
This howto is to modify an image. I had to figure how to remaster a HD install because I needed to update too many packages. It's not easy, there's still grey zones, but it works. -- Marc
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