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On 06/08/11 02:18, hermann wrote:

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> Am Freitag, den 05.08.2011, 06:51 -1000 schrieb david:

>> Aptosid has all of that, too, including the 3.0 RT kernel.

>

> Again, that is not true, you can install a rt-kernel to aptosid simply

> with apt-get, but AFAIK it isn't a aptosid kernel (a big diff in the

> applied patchs). It is a debian kernel with the debian patch set

> applied.

But that IS aptosid ... it is not a distribution in the sense that AVLinux is,

it is a way to install debian sid.
They do three very useful things for someone who wants to use debian sid on

their system ..
1/ They package a live install disk with, in my experience at least, an install

system that seems to deal with a wide range of new hardware very well.
2/ They build a custom kernel and maintain a set of bugfixes and an update

warning system to achieve 1/ and try to ensure that apt-get dist-upgrade can be

done safely to keep the installation up-to-date, using either their kernel or a

current or fairly recent debian one.
3/ They maintain a good manual and website so that 1/ and 2/ are useful to the user.
How you configure sid after that is up to you.
AVlinux does something else entirely, they configure and maintain a debian based

system geared towards multimedia, staying quite close to a standard debian

system (so it remains very flexible).
That is another big job done for the audio user, and by most reports they do it

well.
Simon

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