What linux distro would you all recommend for a kitchen PC (big/easy user interface). I am using a Epia M 933 with 512DDR. I am playing around with Ubuntu and it is a tad slow, but not to bad. But I really do not want that desktop look. I am looking for something that has a good user interface like Moblin or something.
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Epia M 933 kitchen PC
- Thread starter darktiger
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Are you necessarily looking for an all-in-one package?
I don't think there are any limitations in regards to which window manager you use or what your setup looks like, I think you're looking for an appropriate window manager or desktop package. Some flavors of Linux may favor KDE over Gnome or vice versa (or neither, or something entirely different) for their default packages, but again, I don't know of any limitations for mixing Linux flavor and desktop/window managers.
If you're looking for some kind of ready-to-go solution you may need to explore the possibilities yourself, or provide more information. It's going in the kitchen, what do you plan to do with it? Look at recipies? Watch videos? Play music? Is it a permanent installation, or is it going to be a laptop on the counter? Is it going to have power? Moblin is focused on Netbooks and mobile devices, and may not exactly suit your needs.
On a side note, I think this should be in the Operating Systems forum, or perhaps more specifically the Linux/BSD/Free Systems subforum; if this is more of a multimedia thing, it may even belong in the HTPC forum... but it really isn't a hardware question.
I don't think there are any limitations in regards to which window manager you use or what your setup looks like, I think you're looking for an appropriate window manager or desktop package. Some flavors of Linux may favor KDE over Gnome or vice versa (or neither, or something entirely different) for their default packages, but again, I don't know of any limitations for mixing Linux flavor and desktop/window managers.
If you're looking for some kind of ready-to-go solution you may need to explore the possibilities yourself, or provide more information. It's going in the kitchen, what do you plan to do with it? Look at recipies? Watch videos? Play music? Is it a permanent installation, or is it going to be a laptop on the counter? Is it going to have power? Moblin is focused on Netbooks and mobile devices, and may not exactly suit your needs.
On a side note, I think this should be in the Operating Systems forum, or perhaps more specifically the Linux/BSD/Free Systems subforum; if this is more of a multimedia thing, it may even belong in the HTPC forum... but it really isn't a hardware question.
Well it's not really a Home Theater, just something with a nice user interface/portal. I have tried to use the new ubuntu and jolicloud. Currently I put Windows 7 on it and it is running great. This is on a crappy via c3 933 with 512DDR.
This will mostly be used to look up recipes and play music while I cook, maybe check email. But I do not really want a reg desktop, I wanted a cool portal like on the ubuntu netbook versions of half the netbooks out there....
This will mostly be used to look up recipes and play music while I cook, maybe check email. But I do not really want a reg desktop, I wanted a cool portal like on the ubuntu netbook versions of half the netbooks out there....