From: Dave H. <dhy...@gm...> - 2007-07-31 18:49:57
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HI Michael, > I want to try out VideoLAN on the gumstix. i'm not sure how big it is yet, > it might be too big to even consider. however if i'm going to start with a > version which version of unix should I start with in order to have the > easiest go at it? > > Debian > Ubuntu > Mandrive > Fedora > Familiar > SUSE > RedHat > Slackware > ALT > Zaurus > Arch > NetBSD > OpenBSD > FreeBSD > Solaris > ONX > Gentoo > Crux I've used Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandrake, and OpenSUSE. I think Craig uses gentoo. I'd say that they're all pretty similar (from the perspective of cross-compiling) except that Ubuntu has a few quirks (most notably the sh being symlinked to dash instead of bash). -- Dave Hylands Vancouver, BC, Canada http://www.DaveHylands.com/ |