[geeks] And The Linux Weenies Wonder Why They Aren't Mainstream...

[velociraptor]

On 2/28/06, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 07:48:22AM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> > But my needs are simple:
> > A terminal window where I can run ssh.
> > Playing media files including MP3s, MP4 sound and video files and
> > DVDs with surround sound.
> > Firefox
> > Watching TV and video with a TV card.
> > Windows Solitare (runs under wine)
>
> Ubuntu, with the EasyUbuntu add-on for the multimedia codecs, etc?
>
> http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/

Mepis + the experimental build of ALSA (at least until that gets
into the stock debian repositories).

=Nadine=