[ltp] Re: [Re: Best Linux distro for ThinkPad T61...]

[Yves Dorfsman]

Chris Penn wrote:
> For basic desktop usage, Ubuntu Hardy or higher, hands down.  If not 
> Ubuntu, then plain old debian.  Ubuntu doesn't really hang server side, 
> but it is the place for desktop applications, IMO.

I have to agree with this statement (was on a R51 until the display died of 
a very dramatic death, smoke and all, and now on a T60).

I have found the recent versions of Fedora quite polished, BUT, found 
difficult to install non-free (as in the FSF free) software on it, for this 
specific purpose, Ubuntu makes it very easy (This was on Fedora 9 and 10, I 
heard a lot of work has been done on this, but have no idea where it's at).

Note that I am against proprietary format and would never use it for my own 
content, but for example, cbc.ca, which I pay for with my taxes, encode all 
their podcasts in mp3. I have found living with using only free formats very 
restrictive.

-- 
Yves.
http://www.sollers.ca/