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I'm going to run zm 1.26.x on a 64 bit system. Is there a recommended version of ubuntu? I've seen reports of 13.10 not working properly with zm.

I've been running Zoneminder on Server 12.04 64bit. I chose 12.04 because it was stable, LTS (Long Term Support), and seemed like the sensible option.

If you're dedicating a box to Zoneminder consider Ubuntu server rather than desktop, as all of the ZM installation can be done via shell using SSH once the operating system has been installed without the overhead of a desktop or the disk space usage of unwanted apps.

Once the OS was installed the ZM box went into the cupboard, got connected to the network, and I did the rest from the comfort of my lounge using my laptop.

I also opted to install Webmin for web-based admin although I hardly use it.

My path to 1.26.4 Zoneminder was via some excellent instructions titled "Ubuntu Server 12.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.25.0 the easy way" by bbunge, which I had been running for over a year, and then more recently in this forum how to upgrade that to 1.26.4 which is here:

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewto ... 30&t=21524

(I can't remember where the 1.25 instructions were - try a search (they might be in the Wiki) should you need them.

Whether following the upgrade to 1.26.4 instructions alone will be enough for a fresh install I don't know, as I've not tried it.

But as to your original question, I've got no complaints with Ubuntu Server 12.04 64bit

Thanks for the compliment! The Ubuntu guides are indeed in the Wiki:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 Server with ZM 1.26.4, installed per my instructions, with 14 IP cameras and one USB camera on a headless PC which is located 30 miles away from my house behind a firewall. The latest camera is a Foscam FI9821W V2 which I'm running with the built in presets via FFMPEG/RTSP.

Working on getting 13.10 working as I have time.

bb

I tried 12.04 and I am very surprised. It was so easy with apt-get! Am I really done with compiling zm?