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   From: "Mike Easter"    
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   Subject: Re: Where to start?   
   Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 08:31:46 -0800   
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   Sla#s wrote:   
      
   >>> As I have an old PC (900mhz, 512mb etc)  I though a good project   
   >>> would be to turn it into a media centre - so got hold of Ubuntu   
   >>> Media Centre and tried to load that ... But it didn't and as I   
   >>> became engulfed in  heavy duty (to me) command line stuff I realised   
   >>> I better start with something easier.   
      
   > That should have read Ubuntu 'Multimedia' Centre:   
   > http://ubuntummc.com/   
      
   That's a pretty obscure site/ collection/ sub-ubuntu derivative.   
      
   If you want multimedia enabled ubuntu distro, you could consider Linux   
   Mint, Ubuntu + Easy Ubuntu, Ubuntu + Automatix, Ubuntu + easy   
   customizations page, and/or Multimedia howto on ubuntuforums   
      
   http://linuxmint.com/  Linux Mint's purpose is to produce an elegant, up   
   to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop based on Ubuntu.   
      
   http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/  EasyUbuntu is an easy to use (duh!)   
   script that gives the Ubuntu user the most commonly requested apps,   
   codecs, and tweaks that are not found in the base distribution   
      
   http://www.getautomatix.com/ Automatix2 is a graphical interface for   
   automating the installation (and uninstallation) of the most commonly   
   requested applications in Debian based Linux operating systems.   
   Currently supported are Ubuntu 6.10, 6.06 and Mepis 6.   
      
   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommonCustomizations With the many community   
   customization scripts floating around, it is relevant to provide   
   relevant information about the status of integrating the changes these   
   scripts provide in Ubuntu.   
      
   http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=186792  This HOWTO focuses   
   on the most common customizations suitable for average users.   
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
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