StartCom Enterprise Linux (AS-4.0.2) - Update Release

I like to think I am a bit ahead of the pack in keeping up with not only the distros, but the changing application and kernel scene as well. This Sum-gun came out of left field on me....had I not caught a little ditty entitled "the best distro's we've never heard of, I still wouldn't know. Now to be fair, I have not tinkered with the straight up distros by starcom, however I have installed the 5.0.5 multimedia distro and all I can say is Holy Herring Batman, and I thought Isreal only had a few exports...didn't know a flawless linux distro was one of them. Like I said, I am using the latest multimedia dvd and have it installed on my hdb drive. Everything works...jack does not have to be begged to appear, all the gstreamer stuff is extremely well behaved...I don't see why a professional music mixer or dj shouldn't have this distro as their main go-to system. The individual audio and graphics live cds that have appeared lately are pretty good, but this Startcom multimedia dvd...if you tinker with your own podcast intros or video splicing, editing, conversions...this here is your man.

helios

Thanks for brining it to our attention, Helios! People need to know these things.

Another Red Hat/Gnome clone? What do they offer that CentOS, White Box, Pie Box, and all the others don't?

Well, for one thing, the latest offering appears to be only avalible on DVD.

No, the Multimedia 5.0.5 edition is stunning. It's not the distro, it's the magnificent and fully functional set of Linux Audio, Video and Graphical apps that steals the show. I know there are distro's that already do this, but none, and I mean none come close to matching the "studio in a box" that this does. As a regular distro, its no better or worse than most. As a musician's or artistically inclined person's choice, it's a treasure-trove.