I''m looking for a good *nix on one ISO with source. I need the source because I need it to install my Conexant modem drivers (by Linuxant) for my USR 56k internal modem. I also want a stable *nix that can stand up to the rigirous duties of programming and debugging. I also want a *nix that is generally easy to set up, and detects my sound. My video isn''t a problem, it''s the sound that is. Any suggestions? "Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires..." Godsmack: Vampires. (c) 2003 DigiAC - My solo company in progress.

Well you can get a really basic Debian GNU/Linux system up and running from a 180MB ISO. You will have basic functionality including some text editors and the GCC compiler, but naturally you might want to install things such as X and some desktop environment, which requires you to connect to the Internet to apt-get it all.

As far as sound goes, you might have some trouble having it auto-detect it for you, but it might. I think in my experience, I always had to determine what drivers to use.
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[edited by - GBGames on July 31, 2003 1:19:51 AM]

I know what drivers to use.

I wonder ... would Slackware detect it now?

No wait, slackware does shit for the user.

Except that it''s stable...

I wish College Linux had the source.


What a RIP!

"Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires..." Godsmack: Vampires.
(c) 2003 DigiAC - My solo company in progress.

as far as I know ... FreeBSD is one ISO and source ...

I have installed it many times, from version 4.4 - 4.8 and versions 5.0 and 5.1 ...

I don''t know if I should recommend 4.8 or 5.1 ... but I''d say 4.8 for now if stability is a concern ...

the great thing about FreeBSD is it''s organization

BTW ... FreeBSD seems to be 4 disks ... but really Disk 1 is the "real" ISO, Disk 2 is a live system image for booting from and recovering a trashed system ... Disks 3 and 4 (as far as I know) are nothing but disks of prebuilt packages for people with slow computers ... (that way you don''t have to compile MySQL, or Apache or such things) ...

anyway .. I just realized from your posts mention of drivers that you might be talking about Linux, not any old *nix system ... if so ... I don''t know which one is best ... I''ve used Red Hat, SUSE, Mandrake, and Gentoo, and all are great at something ... but have areas which need work too ... for money, I feel the SUSE DVD is the best thing going ... for free, and planing to use source ... I''d bet on Gentoo first ... Mandrake is the best desktop - but does things not at standard as everyone else as far as config files and such ... which sucks from a developers / administrators point of view.

If one of your requirements is your sound card, best bet is to go to your sound card''s web page and find out if they have Linux drivers. If they do, go with their favorite distribution, or then go and do some research on the web and see what other people have successfully enabled your sound card and on what distributions.

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