On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:42, Jamie Dobbs wrote: > Main uses of the PC are: > > Web browsing (Firefox) > Email (Thunderbird) > Office app (OpenOffice or perhaps KOffice) > FTP Client (open to recommendations of a good graphical FTP Client) > MP3 playing (XMMS) > CD ripping to MP3 (Still trying to find a good one here, GRIP is OK) > DIVX Creation from DVD media that I own (DVDrip? Is there anything else) > Media playback of the above & other media such as MPG, WMV etc. (MPlayer + > WinCodecs) > A few games (RPG/Rogue style, MAME and puzzle type games) > > I would welcome peoples real experiences with these ditro's, my related > concerns and the applications I want. I would still one day love to not > have to boot back in to Windows to do things I cannot find equivalents of > in Linux. > I would recommend that you try the Debian based Mepis. It does everything you want and is very easy to install.
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