Re: [rtl] what is the recommended distribution of Linux for rtlinux 3.0?

[Nathan Paul Simons <npsimons@fsmlabs.com>]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 03:03:31PM -0500, Stebbins, Andrew wrote:
> what is the recommended distribution of Linux for rtlinux 3.0?

	There really isn't one, especially considering that some
distributions don't cover all three platforms that we currently
support (ia32, PowerPC, and Alpha).  I suppose you could take our
packaging RTLinux as RPMs as an endorsement of any distribution that
uses RPMs; truth be told, most of those RPMs were built on 
Debian systems :-)
	I discourage using Mandrake because it doesn't install many
needed development utilities by default.  RedHat seems okay for
ia32 and maybe Alpha, just stay away from 7.0 (try 6.2).  Yellowdog
seems really decent for PowerPC.
	Me, personally, I use Debian.  It's stable, consistent and
runs on all three platforms we currently develop on.  It's just
hard to install and doesn't have some packages because of 
licensing issues (ie no KDE).