This isn't being written to intentionally advocate Linux over Windows. This is just from experience.
My linux box: 1.8Ghz Athlon XP, 512, Slackware 10.2, Slim 6.2.2 series, music playing off two Squeeze's, XMMS, and random file transfers across the network (photos, video). NEVER a hiccup. (This excludes the 'out of space' errors related to 6.2.1) The damned Windows box at work: 2.4Ghz Celery D, 512MB, Slim 6.2.1, only Softsqueeze from another box and some network access. Damn thing drops *ALL* the time. Microsoft's implementation of TCP/IP is borked. Ideally, do a text based install on a distro, don't run X, stick in the corner. Use Intel or 3Com for your network cards if you can. Administer everything through SSH. The web interface is as snappy as can be. -- notanatheist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ notanatheist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20641 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
