On Sun, 2005-11-13 at 15:04 -0800, jazzfan wrote: > pfarrell Wrote: > > I'm a Linux guy, and I'm pretty (or maybe very) paranoid. > I don't mean to drag this thread off topic, but just had to ask... > Who's version of Linux are you running and what GUI are you using?
I'm mostly using Mandriva, which is mostly KDE oriented. But I'm agnostic, and will use gnome for things that want it, like grip > I am a recent convert to Xandros desktop. I'm not sure what Linux > kernel it uses, If you fire up a shell, and do a uname -a you'll learn more than you want. I'm running the Mandrake 10.1, which uses 2.6.8.1-12 kernel > but it appears to have a highly modified KDE front end. KDE is becoming pretty cool, it may not be that highly modified. > for my SB2. I don't rip CDs. I'm a big SqueezeNetwork listener. Well, you should do a few, just for fun. > I'm asking not only because I'm interested in the general Linux > question, but Xandros screams compared to my Dell with Bill's OS and I > have an old Compaq I think I'm going to setup with Xandros and > Slimserver. There is a slimserver on *nix mailing list and forum, probably a better place for general *nix discussions. While the older Linux were very lean and mean, the more modern ones are getting more full featured and are slowing down a notch. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
