[ale] There's a Distro for That!

m-aaron-r aaron at pd.org
Fri Mar 26 19:08:19 EDT 2010


On 2010/03/26, at 15:10 , Dennis Ruzeski wrote:
> Openfiler is a better network storage option- Especially if you get an
> FC card that supports target  mode!
> http://www.openfiler.com/
>
> --Dennis

Thanks for the lead, Dennis.  I was just throwing out an example
that recently hit distroWatch with a new version, but Openfiler does
look like it is more tightly packaged offering.

Guess this means we should change the slogan, though:

"There's a Distro for That!  Or there may fe several!"

:-)

peace
aaron


> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:54, m-aaron-r <aaron at pd.org> wrote:
>>> Had occasion to be perusing the hundreds of packages and
>>> flavors and versions of Linux on DistroWatch.com (looking for
>>> a distro that will better address the quirks of an older Dell
>>> Latitude laptop than Ubuntu 9.10),
>>> when it hit me...
>>>
>>> ... sure, your iPhony may have an APP for that, but Linux
>>> will have an entire DISTRO for that!   :-)
>>>
>>> I'm going to give Linux MINT a shot;  still an Ubuntu / Debian
>>> derivative, but I'm hoping they handle the graphics and sound
>>> and network card a little more old school.
>>>
>>> Then I might try making an instant music server with this Distro:
>>> http://vortexbox.org/
>>>
>>> Or an instant network storage device with this:
>>> http://www.nexentastor.org/
>>>
>>> So many interesting worlds to explore, but only two feet.
>>> Maybe next lifetime.
>>
>> If you are into video editing, I believe that Cinelerra has a LIveCD
>> version so you don't need to
>> keep it loaded all the time.
>>
>> --
>> Pete Hardie
>> --------
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