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On 05/11/06 21:55:49, jon.davey2@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi everyone. I have recently installed Debian 'Woody' and am having some dificulties configuring my soundcard (amongst other things) but before I start asking questions here regarding this I'd like to see if people think I should get a newer distro. Niel wrote-- Woody is quite old, especially for desktop use. You should simply upgrade your existing installation - probably to Etch - testing. $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade testing You may have to edit /etc/apt/sources.list (using sudo or as root) if 'testing' is not already mentioned in it. Add something like: deb ftp://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian/ testing main deb-src ftp://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian/ testing main > Ultimatly I'm aiming, one day, to make a propper bespoke system for making music and handling sound only. Do you think Woody a good Linux distribution and >version to use.... Woody is too old, but you can update it without reinstalling or changing to a different distro. There are specialist distros for multimedia purposes - dynebolic is one, primarily focused on video. In general terms sound and video in Linux has advanced massively in the last few years and as oody was released in 2002 it woyuld definitely seem a bit old. Probably better with Ubuntu or Centos with nmultimedia additions. I replied->That sounds interesting. Is Ubuntu the same family of Linux as Debian (does it have the same packadge management system) ? I have a problem with APT as the Linux machine isn't on-line. Also I don't mind doing installs..... -------------- Grant wrote- Since you already have Debian installed, I'd recommend just editing your sources.list and upgrading to the latest stable/testing version. It might take a while, but if you have configured things just the way you like 'em, it might be less painful that installing from scratch. I replied->OK...how would I edit my scources list ?.... ------------------ Niel wrote-- I believe you mean "sarge". change "woody" for "stable" in the /etc/apt/sources. list, upgrade packages as required, and roberts you mothers brother. I replied->Yeah ! "Sarge" that's what I'm considering. Problem with the APT option though as I said. No network connection on my Linux machine. ----------------- extmp03 wrote-- In general terms sound and video in Linux has advanced massively in the last few years and as "Woody" was released in 2002 it woyuld definitely seem a bit old. Probably better with Ubuntu or Centos with nmultimedia additions I wrote->Cheers for the reply. I will look into Ubuntu. If it's similar to Debian I might be interested. ---------------- I wrote-> thanks for the replies. I'm going to look at Ubuntu and depending on any of the answers to this post, investigate re-configureing Woody, have a look at dynebolic or maybe upgrade to "Sarge". Thanks for the suggestions. Jon Davey. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html