[Dev] parabola inquiry

[Wally Lepore]

Hi Nicolas,

Yes I did receive your IRC channel # from a helpful support member of
gNewSense. I've been looking for a good distro for music productopn
applications as well as everyday computer use. This field is amazing with
way too many choices. I was interested in your distro as it was recommended
by FSF. http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html

I have tried unsuccessfully to install Ubuntu on my Dual Pentium III
system. Tried multiple fixes that did not work. Just gave up and began to
explore the other choices out there. I was initially directed to Ubuntu
from a friend but knew little about GNU/Linux. After days of research I am
well grounded (or at least getting better) in understanding the whole
GNU/Linux thing. The choices are amazing!

A few questions please:

#1
Why is your distro based on Arch?

#2
Can Parabola run just about any GNU/Linux based free software?

#3
How is Parabola different from a Debian based distro?

Thank you
Wally

Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Nicolás Reynolds <fauno at kiwwwi.com.ar> wrote:

> > Dear Sir
> >
> > I would like to install Parabola and become an active supporter. I
> > found your Distribution on Free Software Foundation (FSF). I'm trying
> > to connect with the IRC but having difficulty. I need to ask questions
> > regarding installation and if you support software that allows me to
> > use video editing and a Digital Audio Workstation like Adour.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Wally Lepore NJ USA
>
> Wally, hi, yes we have video/audio editing software and we even support
> a libre version of the real time kernel. if the software you look it's
> not on repos we can work on that, packaging is simple. we only require
> for it to be free software, but you know this already.
>
> have you tried freenode's web irc? http://webchat.freenode.net/
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.parabola.nu/pipermail/dev/attachments/20120830/983d9c56/attachment.htm>