OT: Ubuntu

[InTheSand]

Another thumbs up for Ubuntu from me too...

The combination of Ubuntu, OpenOffice, InkScape, The Gimp and Firefox immediately covers a huge area of computer uses.

Installation is: bung a CD in, reboot, follow simple prompts and then it's up and running.

The easiest way to get DVD playback, miscellaneous video/audio CODECs, Flash plugin, NVidia driver, etc, is to install Automatix. This requires the one-off editing of a text file and running of a couple of shell commands (the modified contents can be copied from the web browser window and pasted into the text editor and shell windows easily) and from there, it's all point and click. Information is here and here.

Have fun!

 - Ali

[InTheSand]

Floid wrote:
...you're going to have an uphill battle watching YouTube on a P233 no matter what.

Very true!

Then again, even with something as ancient as a Pentium 233, you could probably still just about get by with something like Deli Linux or DSL, provided the machine had enough RAM.

Or just junk the whole Linux idea and install AROS on it!!!

 - Ali