mudlark wrote: > John Gorst;181874 Wrote: >> I find that as I upgrade my os (Ubuntu) that some features of Slimserver >> >> break, especially alienbbc and conversion of wma-->flac etc. >> >> I want to run a slimserver within a vmware guest operating system. This >> >> will also let me move the slimserver os at will if/when I upgrade to >> Mac Os >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions on a small lightweight distro to run >> slimserver, but also run all the different plugings including alienbbc >> >> with relative ease? I dont need a flasy frontend or lots of unneeded >> servers running. >> >> I thought of a hard install of slimcd, however this does nto seem to be >> >> upgradeable and alienbbc does not work at present. Could I manually >> install damn small linux and add alienbbc myself? >> >> Cheers > Hi John, > > I have been through the process of moving from debian to kubuntu dapper > and then edgy from a slooooooooow box to a rocket intel core 2 duo. My > system is really enjoyable. why do you want to go backwards. debian > based distros seem to be here to stay. The help you get if things go > wrong is fantastic (bda with alien bbc). Slim cd doesn't seem to work > with my system because i've gone to a SATA disk. Kubuntu just seems to > get better and better. If I am having problems I keep working at it > until the problem gets sorted. Most problems are due to operator error > and I have been guilty of most of them. i would strongly suggest you > stick to ubuntu and get to know the distro rather than hoping for > "simplicity" with another distro. > > I can assure you that for me Kubuntu edgy, alien BBC and wma works > really well with reasonably up to date hardware.
would happily use ubuntu if I could do a 'light' (?text only) install and than run that within a vmware session. Is that possible withoput running loads of unnecessary software on ubuntu? CHeers _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
