On 18.02.2011 23:07, Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF wrote:
Here's my desktop
Sorry that there's no aircraft, I like it clean and 'relatively' uncluttered.
And yes, I still run WinXP Pro, I have tried the other (later) MS 'Operating
Systems' (and I use that term loosely) and hated them.
My next OS will probably be Linux but the GUI will be optional.


Hi Jeff,

when you want to switch to Linux you should take a look at Mandriva
Linux (theres a Live-CD named Mandriva Linux One, has also a Installer
to make a bootable USB-Memory Stick). The "draktools" (Menubased
Configuration for Graphic-Card, Sound, Printer, Fax, Firewall,
FTP-Server etc) are really comfortable and easy to understand. The
Hardware-Recognition is slightly better than the HW-Recognition of Ubuntu.

Downside is that the Packages (Programms, Libs etc) arent always the
newest, but therefore really stable and reliable.

As News-Reader for Mass-Download Binary Newsgroups i highly recommend
"Pan" which handles Multipart-Binaries and yenc Files, and for writing
to Newsgroups Thunderbird mainly because i dont like the writing Editor
in Pan

The GUI (KDE4, Gnome etc) should suit your Hardware, on an old AMD
Athlon 2Ghz i wouldnt recommend KDE4 or Gnome but LXDE or if you want a
lightweight but highly stylish Desktop "Enlightment" (E17).

Regards
Jens