Going back to linux?
Recently I’m feeling the desperate need for a Desktop computer. Due to “much spending” and other needs, I am seriously thinking to buy an iMac on September. However until then I need a widescreen desktop. I didn’t buy anything near to core duo. The last two computers I got, were 2 Pentium 4 powered machines. The first one is acting as a home firewall/gateway server and the second one will act as a home server for torrents and other needs mostly. On the other hand there’s a Dreambox decoder running here, that could be easily turned into a small Linux server for torrents and other staff. I have to decide the topology these days.
If I get the mac, it will be an iMac 2.8 Ghz Core Duo with a 24” screen and at least 2G of RAM. However, as mentioned above, this scenario seems a little rough right now. So I’m seriously thinking to go back to GNU/Linux. I haven’t used Linux as my main desktop for almost three years. I’m really satisfied with OSX, it suits my needs perfectly. However a desktop computer is badly needed here so… I’m thinking of a core duo machine with at least 1.5 G of Ram and plenty of HD available. The graphics shouldn’t be nothing extravagant, I don’t need them. I do some basic video and photo editing but that’s all.
The first problem in a similar cases is how you transfer you data from one computer to the other. Now, all the mp3’s and photo libs are handled by my laptop on the WD MyBook’s UFS partition. I like the way iPhoto and iTunes handle the library, although iTunes tend to be a bit bloated & slow, it works good enough and it’s in line with my iPod. Linux will give a hard time with the ipod and… Windows is not an option.
Another issue is the distribution of choice. I am among Gentoo and Ubuntu. I have a computer on the basement running WindowsXP & Ubuntu Gutsy. I’m surprised by the ease of use and way that the Ubuntu team put everything together. Apparently everything works as it should. I didn’t had issues with broken programs etc. But as said before, it’s not a day-to-day computer for me so I can’t be sure. On the other hand, I like Gentoo. I love it. It would be a one-way choice for me, but the problem is time. Gentoo takes time to configure and I’m not quite sure I want to spent too much time on configuration. I’m much more interested in quality time, you know? Doing things with a computer not just troubleshooting in order to make it work.
Next week, I’m leaving the army (FINALLY!) for good and I have to make a choice and stick with it…
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