Nicolas Calimet <pov### [at] freefr> wrote:
> your problem was clearly not related to POV (or MegaPOV for that matter) but rather
> to Linux (kernel or distro).  So why asking your question here?

Maybe because from the posts & articles I found by Googling, I didn't expect
much of the "Linux Community" forums, in terms of providing answers that a Noob
like me could understand, and was hoping to get help from people with a more
pragmatic view on Linux, that still can put themselves in the place of someone
who just wants to *use* the thing.

Add that I have no intention to watch yet *another* forum closely... or actually
a whole bunch of forums, as I have not the slightest clue in which of them I may
get the type of answer that could actually help me as a Noob.

Sure one can take the "POV-related Unix questions" to a fundamentalistic level.
But I see it more pragmatically: My motivation in getting Linux to run smoothly
is *exclusively* related to PoV-ray (well, MegaPoV). So for me, the natural
interface to "the Linux community" is the Unix part of the PoV-ray community.

And last not least, given the information I had found during my first "Googling
Run", it seemed to me that I *might* have to opt for a different Linux
distribution (or rebuild a kernel, which I decided was *not* a reasonable
option for me). Can you tell me *any* other place where to expect better
recommendations for a Linux distribution that would fit *my* needs, if not
*this* very forum??

After all, it's about PoV-ray - which is *the* one and only software I intend to
run on the system (apart from tools to help me do that) - and Unix, isn't it?!?!

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