Re: LUG: Best Media Distro? - Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:05:49 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Best Media Distro?

From : crdzoba@ncsu.[redacted]

Date : Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:05:49 -0500

They're going to use it as a set top box. They don't want to use it as a
computer (their kid is going to be using it a lot and a full fledged
computer is still confusing for the kid) which I why I said in my first
email that plain ubuntu would be no good.

@Underwood: Plain ubuntu isn't simple enough, thats what I said no in my
first email.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Chris King <king.darkstar@gmail.[redacted]> wrote:
> You said media center, so do you mean for your relative to use it like
> a set top box(think dvd player or tivo) or as a computer?
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Daniel Underwood
> <daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
>>> Eh, I'd just go with Ubuntu. Add the "Medibuntu" repository, and
>>> you'll have the computer playing DVD's in no time. Personally, I
>>> prefer the KDE4 spin.
>>
>> Right. I think that's the simplest solution.
>> --
>> Daniel Underwood
>> North Carolina State University
>> Graduate Student - Operations Research
>> email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
>> phone: XXX.302.3291
>> web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~djunderw/
>>
>>
>
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>
> --
> Chris King
> XXX-284-2169
>

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