__/ [kwthom@xxxxxxxxx] on Saturday 04 February 2006 14:49 \__
> Greets:
>
> Spent a couple of days intermittently looking at various distro for
> Linux...and I'm really confused.
>
> Simply put I have a Tyan 1854 motherboard with a 1GHz Intel processor,
> and the usual compliment of add-on's.
>
> I'm willing to try a distro; my goal is for the following to occur on
> this "garage computer' (yes, it lives in my garage...)
>
> Simple web browsing, desk-top uses (no hard-core stuff needed -- I
> think) at this time
> Able to network with my other two (::ahem:: WinOS) systems in my home
> network - thus, file sharing & printer sharing ease is advantageous
> Occasional Seti crunching box.
>
> As a point of reference, I have played with a live distro of (...name
> & disk escapes me a the moment...) so I have dinked with KDE &
> Konquerer a bit - that's kinda what I have in mind, but also needs to
> do the other things in the background.
>
> Where should I start?
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
Thank goodness for that 'distro wars killer'
> Reply to the group, please & thanks!
Of course, what else? Only John Bailo replies by E-mail.
Roy
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