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I finally have my Linux desktop again. I am running “Ubuntu”:http://www.ubuntu.com/ on it with GNOME. I am still keeping the Mac Mini around (mostly because my iPod) but it is now setup to run headless with a VNC server.

Anywho, the specs on this desktop are decent, nothing to write home about but still plenty of power for now. I was able to outfit it with 1.5GB of DDR RAM that I have picked up but the processor weighs in at only 1.6GHz.

And now for a visual, I am loving the direction the Open Source desktop environments are going with their visuals now. Everything is starting to look very clean.

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Eric Davis