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Well, I've heard about some problems when some USB devices aren't connected directly to the port, but I don't really know. I don't really see what the problem is though, being that they're hot-swappable... couldn't you just unplug one of the devices for a little while? Or is it something you keep running continuously, like a webcam?

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached

Mem:           503        468         34          0        117        158

-/+ buffers/cache:        192        310

Swap:         2028         98       1929

Total:        2531        566       1964

I have 512mb RAM, and 2G swap. Most of the time I don't need 2G of course, but I use a source based distro, and do some extremely heavy video editing. In my experience, the more memory the better.

I don't use Rox-filer, however, I would imagine that you're going to have to look in your settings, there should probably be something there related to mime-types.... that would be where you'd add new file types.

you guys might also want to look into the Atlantis xscreensaver, I think it can be run in the root window as a wallpaper/background too --- I might be wrong though

I would agree with mtweidmann about getting a card reader. Basically, what you're doing is making sure the kernel recognizes the cards (In my case, I think Mandrake's kernels already do by default) and then mounting the card like a hard drive. Incidently, in my case, I don't even have to have a seperate card reader, I just connect the camera and mount it as a hard drive, and then copy all of the files to a folder that isn't going to disappear when I umount the camera.

I used Gentoo for a couple of months. I liked it quite a bit. I'm using SourceMage now, and I prefer it over Gentoo.