Ubuntu is perfect for low-maint web browsing machines ($50 to $100 on Ebay) or newbie machines.
To get your MP3's up and running:
wget http://download.ubuntuforums.org/ubuntusetup/ubuntusetup.sh
sudo sh ubuntusetup.sh
HTPC Desktop of my Creation on Dell 2005FPW
DesktopX (including scripts for DVD collection negotiation)
ObjectDock Plus (menu tabs, movie trailers tab and running tasks at bottom)
RightClick (right-click on desktop has menus and functional systray).
Here's some popups and popouts I left out on the first pic 'cause it looks cleaner with them hidden:
ObjectDock Plus:
Program-launching tabs at top:
Movie trailer tab (clicking one plays it on my projector [monitor 2]):
Expanded "taskbar" (mouseover increases icon size - yep...
HTPC Desktop of my Creation on Dell 2005FPW
DesktopX (including scripts for DVD collection negotiation)
ObjectDock Plus (menu tabs, movie trailers tab and running tasks at bottom)
RightClick (right-click on desktop has menus and functional systray).
Got mine today. FebA01, NDP, NSP. Minimal backlight problem. I don't notice it at all when viewing the black of [H]ard|Forum, browser in full screen.
I ran the monitor through hours of DisplayMate and my own special tests...
FebA01 looks like the ticket...
It's a keeper.
My "main" display is my projector (110" screen). I have an FPW2005 on order for the HTPC control screen. I also have a dual-jointed pneumatic lcd arm coming that will mount the Dell to the coffee table and allow for sweeping it away when viewing a movie on the projector as well as pulling it...