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DesktopLinux: New Linux Distro Targets Serious Multimedia Projects

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“Until now, there hasn’t been a really good Linux distribution
for digital content creation. Debian-based 64 Studio, which has
just achieved its 1.0 release, is described by some as ‘the best
distribution ever created for multimedia workstations, such as
digital audio recording and video editing.’

“64 Studio 1.0, aka ‘Olympic,’ as its name indicates, is built
to run on x86_64 hardware, that is to say AMD’s 64-bit CPUs and
Intel’s EM64T chips. According to 64 Studio project director Daniel
James and lead developer Free Ekanayaka, ‘the distribution is based
on the pure 64 port of Debian GNU/Linux, testing branch, but with a
specialized package selection and many other
customizations…'”

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