[Lancaster] Re: Suse 9.1

[Ken Hough]

Tim Churchill wrote:
> Many thanks for the copy. I installed it on a 933 P3 machine and 
> upped the memory to 256Mb as it was sluggish at 128Mb.
> 

I reckon 256MB is the minimum practical RAM for multimedia work. My 
boxes have 512MB and the laptop has 384MB.

> As you say, it is very user friendly, and Yast upgraded everything 
> automatically.
> 
> I haven't had a lot of spare time, but briefly tried Broadcast 2000 
> which enabled me to open and play a wave file, but most of the 
> buttons when clicked on caused the program to close instantly. 
> Audacity is more successful, and I have had a quick look at Glame. 
> Pity there are no Man pages by default.

I've not had any problems with Broadcast2000, despite having used it on 
at least three PCs and via a few experimental installations. Reviews 
usually place Audacity ahead of Broadcast2000 as the later is somewhat 
older.

> 
> Arklinux has started working correctly with the burner on the other 
> Linux box, but Sodipodi and Gimp are now faulty! Such are the joys of 
> Alpha products.
> 

That's why I go for an esablished complete distro, but then I'm lazy 
that way.


Ken Hough