Digital BW, The Print

It really is not as difficult as it might seem at first. I would suggest
that you start with Red Hat 9.0 as your Linux distro even though it will no
longer be supported later this year. It is completely stable and the
security problems have been ferreted out and fixed. If you are using the
Linux box just as a QuadToneRIP printing system it is more than good enough.
That being said, the how to in the files section is still valid. If you want
to use fedora Core 1 or SuSE 9.0 there are a few differences in setting up
but it still is not an overly formidable task. Unless you are a Linux buff I
would not use Debian because it is a less beginner friendly installation.
Mandrake has a number of unique implementation features that makes for more
problems than it is worth. Just my opinion, of course.

Well worth the learning curve. I have been using  a Linux system for B&W for
a fair number of months and many hundred prints and am absolutely delighted
with the results.

Roger

Roger L Sopher
rlsopher@...
http:\\deCorrales.com
  -----Original Message-----
  From: myriad_one [mailto:myriad_one@...]
  Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:55 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Getting started with QuadtoneRIP on Linux?


  All,

  I'd really like to try QuadtoneRIP—but I'm not sure where to start.
  I will need to set up a Linux box.  I checked out the Linux
  QuadtoneRIP download, looking for a getting started guide that told
  about which distribution of Linux to use, what "C" compiler, etc.
  Just run make or what?  But I didn't see any instructions like
  this.



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