Re: [hylafax-users] Best platform to start on.

[Pedro Rocadas <procadas@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you choose Debian (but this advice serves well for
any distro out there), becarefull with which libetiff
release you work with. Check here about the problem
http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=500

--- Gavin Henry <ghenry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Bodo Meissner said:
> > Am 2004.10.19 11:35 schrieb(en) Gavin Henry:
> >
> >> We obviously want to use Linux, but what distro
> is easist to go with
> >> and do we use the standard documentation as on
> the main website?
> >
> > Hello Gavin,
> >
> > I think it's easiest if the distribution has
> pre-built packages for
> > hylafax and maybe add-ons you might need.
> >
> > I use Debian. It has packages for hylafax (4.1.1
> in stable, 4.2.0 in
> > testing and unstable) and capi4hylafax (01.02.03
> in testing and
> > unstable). All documentation I needed for my
> purpose was included in
> > the packages.
> > This is the only distribution I use with hylafax,
> so I do not say it's
> > better than others. It's simply one of the
> possibilities and it works
> > for me.
> >
> > SuSE has pre-build packages as well, even
> capi4hylafax, but I don't
> > know any details. Surely there are others which
> have such packages.
> >
> > If you have a preferred distribution you normally
> use, check if it has
> > pre-built packages and try these.
> >
> 
> We use Fedora, but I love Debian too, so I think I
> will go with Sarge
> (testing?)
> 
> I see there are Fedora RPMs but I want a really
> tight and small install
> and I think Debian squeezes down better?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Kind Regards,
> 
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