First up, its seems likely right now that the Red Sox will go the World Series. Johnny Damon had a huge game. I just hope that means he is going to cut his hair now. I mean he looks ridiculous. The question now is what about the curse? But that is a discussion for another day.

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XM Radio announced today that they had partnered with MLB. This so cool. I’ve been an XM Subscriber for almost 2 years now and I have to admit I was feeling a little left out; seeing that Sirius had partnered with the NFL and they got Howard Stern. Now, it is all good. I’m not gonna listen to football, I have a 65″ TV. And I’m not going to listen to Stern either. But Baseball I would listen to. Baseball on the radio has always seemed perfect to me. I am looking forward to hearing many a game on the ole XM next season.

I have decided that I want one these iPods. Of course I’m not about to pay for it. A while ago I got registered in the free iPod “pyramid” thing. If I can suck five people in. I get a free iPod. If you are interested in a free iPod click here to get sucked in. You’ll have to sign up for something to be qualified. You can get a credit card and cancel it or just be the highest bidder at some point in an eBay auction (you don’t have to win.)

Finally, I think i need some Linux in my life. I’m going to convert my #2 box to the penguin. It is a PIII 533 MHz, 256 MB RAM not a bad box. In the past when I’ve set up a Linux distro it had been on a dog of a box, and as a result I never used it much cause I’d rather use the better boxes. I’d convert the #1 box but the wife and kids have no tolerance for that kind of thing.

***Playoff Update: The Red Sox are now ahead 10-3. I never thought they’d make it to the World Series***

Sorry about that. Anyhow, I want to set up a Linux box. The question now is what distro? I have the most experience with Red Hat but a lot of what I’ve read about them makes me think that they are not truly embracing Open Source. So I want to try a new distro. So I am posing an open question here. What distro do you recommend (excluding Red Hat.) Any advice or warnings appreciated.