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Reply With Quotedon't go with red hat...theyve gotten bloated recently...my suggestion is something like knoppix or damnsmalllinux [that's the name]
i'll put some more ideas up here when they come to mind
I want to use linux in my carputer when i finally get one. Does anyone know of any good distros i should use? Also any good online sources to learn linux?
I am doing the because i am cheap.
Thanks
don't go with red hat...theyve gotten bloated recently...my suggestion is something like knoppix or damnsmalllinux [that's the name]
i'll put some more ideas up here when they come to mind
don't let a day go by without finding some wonder in it...
I went with slackware because it is the easiest to pick what I wanted. I just installed their "A" disk set and an mp3 player and went from there.
do any of you know of any good sources of info on linux commands?
http://www.linux.org/docs/index.html is a good starting point
www.linuxquestions.org is a good place.
O'reilly publishes a lot of good books and references.
http://www.linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/introtolinux.html
Use the "man" or "info" online help systems. Applications will most likely install manual entries for use with the man or info help systems. Also, when issuing a command in linux, issue the --help argument if you need more information on the command and it's arguments. That is one good thing about linux, all the help you need is right there.
gentoo would probably make for a nice car system with some time dedicated to building it right..
1997 Honda CR-V
Audio::Custom Speaker Box:/:2x10" Rockford Fosgates:/:Sony Xplod amp
Computer::Epia M10000:/:Deluo GPS:/:Lilliput 7":/:802.11g:/:In a shoebox
Software::FrodoPlayer + Destinator3
no no no DEBIAN
apt-get is so beautiful. no searching for 43059435 RPMs because of dependencies. apt-get will downlaod every dependency the program needs automatically. Gento I heard has the new "portage" technology which is supposed to be like apt-get if i'm not mistaken. so that might be a good one too.
CarPC install is starting to come along again...
gentoo's portage is wonderful.. one line command to get what you want and all the dependencies (emerge xine), plus easy to see what programs on your system have updates available (emerge sync, emerge -u -p world) etc.. I haven't used apt-get to compare it to, but I love portage.. (trying not to hijack this thread into a distro war
1997 Honda CR-V
Audio::Custom Speaker Box:/:2x10" Rockford Fosgates:/:Sony Xplod amp
Computer::Epia M10000:/:Deluo GPS:/:Lilliput 7":/:802.11g:/:In a shoebox
Software::FrodoPlayer + Destinator3
Slackware if you want a BSD like system. If you're using an EPIA board have a look at some of the mini distros aimed at the mini-itx boards - they come with all the VIA drivers built in though adding the for the Mini-ITX is a breeze.
As they say don't go for bloat, especially Red Hat who are just a commercial company anyway who charge double the price of Windows server for their commercial distribution!
Have a search for HeadUnit int he software dev forum - for a media-car like interface on Linux
Ford Focus MP3 : www.stevieg.org/carpc Blog Updated 29 January 2009!
Car PC Status: Complete - Undergoing Software Redevelopment
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