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Well this ol man has spent hours and hours the last couple of weeks struggling with linux. It’s a 2 edged sword learning linux and trying to install windows programs into it. Ive downloaded the 6 disc sarge 3.1 set and installed 42 times on a couple of different machines finally learned how to detect and make different video brds to work.  Next will be dual head I don’t think it will be that hard I have downloaded some linux ATI drivers havnt tried them yet..

Here is a screen shot of a desktop with just windows winamp installed (etch)

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Winamp playing

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With an install of Roxbox I getting the following error

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Frank the rox developer of rox has it working on ubantu He says the sound is crappy On this one I cant tell the difference between this and windows….

Im back to basics learning stuff I should have learned to start with But right now Ive downloaded and installed the latest Sun Systems JRE (Java Run Time)  Next will be Openoffice org2 which they say you can access mdb and mde files….  

It s not easy  LOL

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Post Script:


This OS is stable and adaptable to special requirements.  It is complex (simple->limited  complex-> capabilities)  and not for everybody..  The basic install is about 350 MB  It can be put on a flash drive and boot up several computers. With packages installed for HW detection it could be used on most. After it is adapted to a certain video brd for example this is logged into a cond-fig file for future reference.

I can see the day when I have a flash drive for karaoke (and a spare in my pocket), one for books, and one for internet including wireless.  Virus?  Just plug in another one and when you have the time put it back on the infected stick....

Debian has over 14000 packages for adding specific apps... With the online system it is simply web-get  ()package or update desired)  It downlods and easily installs...  ALL FREE...

When I get comfy with it Goodbye Windows...

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My primary interest is to run a box with a free or cheap and stable OS for karaoke only. I wouldn't mind giving up on Windows entirely though.


I have a friend I need to get interested in this project. He is very quick with PCs. If he has the time and the interest it would be a big help.

I'm over my head right now in Linux. Neither of my crach'n'burn towers are booting right now from any OS and my brain is fried.

Be careful what you put near your computer. A buddy of mine and I have had the same error crop up and the only culprit we can think of is that the computer was situated near our speakers in our vehicles.  No more packing my speakers in the rear trunk area with my system but will, once I replace my hard drive, put the speakers in the back seat of my wagon.

That said I am interested in your progress with linux, Karyoker

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