aubuti;662462 Wrote: > Squeezeplay is a red herring. It can be a pain to get going on Linux, > but please remember that it is perpetual beta software, and now is kept > around primarily as a tool for development, and is not intended for > end-users. If end-users venture into that territory, they're on their > own. > > I don't know my way around Mint so there's not a whole lot I can > suggest. Once upon a time SBS gave more information if it failed when > trying to start it from a command line, but that doesn't seem to be the > case these days. Unless you have other reasons for using Mint, what > about switching to a more straightforward distro, such as Ubuntu or > debian? > > Finally, note that VB is designed to hide all the Linux guts from the > user. It's all dressed up in a custom GUI. Of course, the tradeoff is > that then you are very dependent on the VB team to keep up with SBS > updates. Pardon my ignorance, but what is not straightforward about Mint Debian?
I really don't know anything about all these different fee & paid versions. I was led to believe Mint Debian would be the easiest for someone not-in-the-know to use. -- PasTim Server on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, 2 CPU, 2GHz, 4GB, FLAC files. Touch on Ethernet (in another room). Analogue out over 'a bit of wire' to ageing Quad Hi-Fi. An old (wireless) laptop controls the server using Chrome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90827 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
