On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 16:21 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: > 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.
plays all media files out of the box? wmv? aac audio? realaudio? mp3? encrypted dvd? > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
