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

["Gavin Henry" <ghenry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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