Distro Astro 3 Juno

[Cosmick]

G'day,

I have been thinking off setting up a dual boot system with Windows and Linux.
I came across-

http://www.distroastro.org/

Is this compatible with the current versions of Pixinsight.

[jkmorse]

As far as converting to Linux, it is worth any amount of effort (took me over a year but I am an idiot  ).  The distro looks fascinating but it says nothing about what core it is built on (Ubuntu, etc).  I know PixInsight works wonderfully on my Linux Mint 17.2 system.

Best,

Jim

[NGC7789]

There's no doubt that PI will perform better on Linux. But if you are new to Linux, I would stay on a standard distribution (Fedora, Ubuntu, Mint) if for no other reason than on-line support. Most, if not all, of the things in that astro distribution can be installed onto any distribution if you want to.

[avarakin]

It seems to be Ubuntu based.

Change log has the following bits and pieces, indicating Ubuntu heritage:
Linux Kernel upgraded from 3.2.0-49 to 3.8.0-33 from Raring Ringtail
PPA repositories for LibreOffice, INDI, and Astrometry.net added by default
Inherits updated packages from Ubuntu repositories as of April 25, 2015.
Repositories from Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS and Linux Mint 17 Qiana.


I might try it, it is time for me to jump to newer version.


Alex

[avarakin]

As far as converting to Linux, it is worth any amount of effort (took me over a year but I am an idiot  ).  The distro looks fascinating but it says nothing about what core it is built on (Ubuntu, etc).  I know PixInsight works wonderfully on my Linux Mint 17.2 system.

Best,

Jim

Jim,
Could you please elaborate on why converting to Linux was worth it for you?

Alex

[Cosmick]

Thanks all for the feedback.
My computer has to go back to the shop for some warranty repairs in the next week or two and I am going to get an extra SSD drive put in while it's there. As it's not a critical installation (I'll still have windows to fall back on) I will also probably give it a try.
I am fond of the philosophy of one of Australia's great motor racing drivers  -

Bite off more than you can chew and then chew like hell.

                                                                    - Peter Brock.

It seems to be Ubuntu based.

I might try it, it is time for me to jump to newer version.

Alex

I would love to hear your experiences if you do try it out.

[jkmorse]

Alex,

Two main incentives, both well worth the effort.  First is system stability.  As Juan has said many times, the Linux version of PI is always going to be the most stable, best tested, and most resource laden version of PI.  Second is speed.  I have been running PI benchmarks on my various systems and the Linux version beats the pants off my Windows versions, tested in Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, as well as a Mac test case.  Don't have the numbers with me since I am writing this from work, but will report back on the improvement when I can access my numbers.

Besides, just learning a new subject, i.e., Linux, at my age (58) was a real treat, though it did test my stamina a number of times before I got everything working properly. 

Best,

Jim

[NGC7789]

When I switched from the Mac to Ubuntu the performance was about 30% better based on benchmarks. Most of this was swap performance. Linux has superior memory management and swap than any other OS. But there was also a CPU improvement of about 10% presumably due to less fancy junk running and perhaps better hardware utilization.

There is certainly a learning curve with Linux but for PI there's no doubt it's worth the investment.

[GvnrRickPerry]

Very interesting distro find! I'm going to have to build a VM to check it out!