I am one of the (few) who have actually purchased zeta. Yes, its not rock solid, but it is a point oh release. I ran it for a few weeks on a cel 433 with 128Mb of RAM, it was fast but firefox struggled in so little (?!) ram. I switched to an ath 2k but zeta struggled (poor h/w support, another -ve) however on the cel 433 I could download files, browse and play mp3's simultaneously. On the ath 2k with linux (suse 9.3) the music playback stuttered when I clicked on the program launcher menu! I realise that suse can be tuned to perform in a similar way - but zeta works out of the box! Also, another bugbear - why can't I play MP3's under linux? I know that I can find a codec on the net, and I know about the licencing issues, but I thought linux was about choice. I also agree with the other poster that zeta (or possibly haiku) could be a great core for a media centre type appliance
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I am one of the (few) who have actually purchased zeta. Yes, its not rock solid, but it is a point oh release. I ran it for a few weeks on a cel 433 with 128Mb of RAM, it was fast but firefox struggled in so little (?!) ram. I switched to an ath 2k but zeta struggled (poor h/w support, another -ve) however on the cel 433 I could download files, browse and play mp3's simultaneously. On the ath 2k with linux (suse 9.3) the music playback stuttered when I clicked on the program launcher menu! I realise that suse can be tuned to perform in a similar way - but zeta works out of the box!
Also, another bugbear - why can't I play MP3's under linux? I know that I can find a codec on the net, and I know about the licencing issues, but I thought linux was about choice.
I also agree with the other poster that zeta (or possibly haiku) could be a great core for a media centre type appliance