“ Which version of Vista do I go for? I use the PC only for the net and send/receive files over the home network. Meanwhile do you think this Vista Ultimate is the Ultimate version you can get your hands on? ”
Vista Basic, the name is self explanatory by itself. You probably will be pretty better off with Windows XP, a good anti virus program and a firewall. There is not much on the user interface point of view as well; you can get more using the Vista Transformation Pack on Windows XP.
To enjoy the true potential of Vista, it would be a better idea to go for the Vista Home Premium edition which would include the Aero desktop (glass and some 3D eyecandy), better multimedia features with media center and networking capabilities. The biggest bummer would be Read the rest of this entry »
With major hardware vendors shipping systems preinstalled with Ubuntu, and the extremely hassle free Ubuntu installer, more users have, if not started mainstream usage, atleast experimenting with this flavor of Linux. Here are some open source (read: free) stuff that will get you started with Ubuntu 7.04.
1. Amarok Amarokis a unix/linux music player with a nice interface, playlist manager, 10 band equalizer and also automatically fetches your album cover art.
sudo apt-get install amarok
2. VLC
With your music needs sorted out with the above, now to your videos. You needn’t look any further than VLC, by far the best cross platform media player. You could also install the VLC plugins and use it as a streaming server.
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