pismo Qs/short rant

[Bernd Ritter]

Hi

Ogle plays it really well. Under Linux the Region Code of your 
DVD-Drive is not tested, so you can play every RC without any hassle. 
It doesnt even ask for it!

Bernd

On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 7:54 AM, rob wrote:

> Hi
> Long time linux user on the x86 architecture and heard so much about 
> Mac OS X.
> Got a pismo on eBay,installed more RAM(576mb),installed 10.2,upgraded 
> to 10.2.6 and am not happy. Maybe they will win the battle for joe 
> clicker with the rumored port for 386 machines. And thats OK. Still 
> I'm not happy. But I said short rant
>
>  Want linux on the pismo. YDL seems like a good distro(used Suse for 
> years).
>  I've read YDL offers KDE and Gnome as window managers,are there 
> other(leaner) window managers?
>  Will my Iomega  predator usb cd-rw  be supported?
> Will I be able to watch DVD movies via the standard DVD drive? From 
> YDL site: DVD movies may be played using freely available, 3rd party 
> software. Where do I get the third party software? Does it work well?
> I only have dial up and will wind up purchasing YDL 3.0, so I don't 
> want to shell out the cash and find unhappiness.
>  If these have been answered in the past, I apologize for repetition.
> TIA
>