Linux for your taste (sorry Naw :D) (36 Viewers)
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No, you sick man with abnormal thoughts. 
Gentoo is the greatest swiss army knife in the distro world, you can do just about anything with it (and people are, too). It is one size fits all. Ubuntu is in a sense the opposite. It isn't a flexible piece of material that you can twist any way you want, in fact replicating some easy things in gentoo becomes a real pain in ubuntu. But what you get instead, is a "parameterized" or "instantiated" gentoo, with most of the possible choices already made for you. And this, as witnessed by ubuntu's popularity, turns out to be a very successful set of choices for most users. This is precisely where so many of the other desktop distro's haven't done an equally good job. So all this work of integrating and streamlining applications, which is considerable, makes the package a very useful one to the users. And this polish and attention to detail is what separates ubuntu from the others, and when you compare it to gentoo, you will very clearly see why these choices that were made for you allow you to remain ignorant about lots of things you have no need of knowing. Just like noone except kernel developers (roughly) need to know how exactly the kernel works. Of course, knowledge never hurts, but being able to not know a lot of things, is a great advantage.
Gentoo is the greatest swiss army knife in the distro world, you can do just about anything with it (and people are, too). It is one size fits all. Ubuntu is in a sense the opposite. It isn't a flexible piece of material that you can twist any way you want, in fact replicating some easy things in gentoo becomes a real pain in ubuntu. But what you get instead, is a "parameterized" or "instantiated" gentoo, with most of the possible choices already made for you. And this, as witnessed by ubuntu's popularity, turns out to be a very successful set of choices for most users. This is precisely where so many of the other desktop distro's haven't done an equally good job. So all this work of integrating and streamlining applications, which is considerable, makes the package a very useful one to the users. And this polish and attention to detail is what separates ubuntu from the others, and when you compare it to gentoo, you will very clearly see why these choices that were made for you allow you to remain ignorant about lots of things you have no need of knowing. Just like noone except kernel developers (roughly) need to know how exactly the kernel works. Of course, knowledge never hurts, but being able to not know a lot of things, is a great advantage.
Nothing groundbreaking, but pretty handy nonetheless:
http://www.linutop.com/index.htm
Introduction
Linutop is a Linux-based diskless computer. It offers a completely silent, low-power operation in an extremely small package.
Specifications:
- AMD Geode
- 512 Mb ROM
- 256 Mb RAM
- 4x USB 2.0 ports
- audio in & out
- 100baseT Ethernet
- VGA output
- Size: 9.3 x 2.7 x 15 cm
- Weight: 280 gr
Expandability:
- USB2 , Wifi connection, Flat pannel,
Software:
- AbiWord Word Processor
- Evince PDF reader
- Firefox Web browser
- Gaim instant messenger
- Totem media player
http://www.linutop.com/index.htm
Introduction
Linutop is a Linux-based diskless computer. It offers a completely silent, low-power operation in an extremely small package.
Specifications:
- AMD Geode
- 512 Mb ROM
- 256 Mb RAM
- 4x USB 2.0 ports
- audio in & out
- 100baseT Ethernet
- VGA output
- Size: 9.3 x 2.7 x 15 cm
- Weight: 280 gr
Expandability:
- USB2 , Wifi connection, Flat pannel,
Software:
- AbiWord Word Processor
- Evince PDF reader
- Firefox Web browser
- Gaim instant messenger
- Totem media player
gray said:
Nothing groundbreaking, but pretty handy nonetheless:
http://www.linutop.com/index.htm
Introduction
Linutop is a Linux-based diskless computer. It offers a completely silent, low-power operation in an extremely small package.
Specifications:
- AMD Geode
- 512 Mb ROM
- 256 Mb RAM
- 4x USB 2.0 ports
- audio in & out
- 100baseT Ethernet
- VGA output
- Size: 9.3 x 2.7 x 15 cm
- Weight: 280 gr
Expandability:
- USB2 , Wifi connection, Flat pannel,
Software:
- AbiWord Word Processor
- Evince PDF reader
- Firefox Web browser
- Gaim instant messenger
- Totem media player
http://www.linutop.com/index.htm
Introduction
Linutop is a Linux-based diskless computer. It offers a completely silent, low-power operation in an extremely small package.
Specifications:
- AMD Geode
- 512 Mb ROM
- 256 Mb RAM
- 4x USB 2.0 ports
- audio in & out
- 100baseT Ethernet
- VGA output
- Size: 9.3 x 2.7 x 15 cm
- Weight: 280 gr
Expandability:
- USB2 , Wifi connection, Flat pannel,
Software:
- AbiWord Word Processor
- Evince PDF reader
- Firefox Web browser
- Gaim instant messenger
- Totem media player