Re: linux bewbie lame question
hi.. many thanks for responding.
> Tendril, welcome it looks like you were thrown to the wolves on this
> one, how did you get Debian on your Laptop? Did you buy it
> preinstalled, or did you install it yourself? Did any one give you a
> lesson on using Linux in general?
> We really need to know what exactly is installed on your machine, it
> might be that something is not configured, or installed right. The
> more specific you are the better, that way we can get your problem
> solved
It was a christmas present from a friend (who understands linux) but he is
the type of person to make me find my own answers (which is for the best I
think).
As far as I know it had debian woody installed (by him).... I don't know how
to find out what kernal release it is. kde is 2.2.2 release is 2.2.20-idepci
> Most people here are avid readers and you will find that most people
> will respond by suggesting that you read the fine manual, or reading
> the Howto's about a specific subject. I would suggest one of the fine
> books by O'Reilly such as Linux in a Nutshell, which should be at a
> local book store.
I will look it up.
> This should give a good understanding of why Linux is the way it is, and
> some good pointers compared to the Windows world. If you want
> immediate gratification, you can go to http://www.debian.org/doc and
> choose one of the documents listed, I would start off with the install
> manual, to get an idea of what was installed on your machine. Also the
> Debian reference manual is a another must read, The Linux Cookbook is a
> great source for general information.
>
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>
> For your information xmms; is Versatile X audio player that looks like
> Winamp X Multimedia System is a player for various audio formats,
> with a customizable interface based on X/GTK+.
> .
> It's able to read and play:
> * Audio MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3 (with mpg123 plug-in),
> * Ogg Vorbis files (with the Ogg Vorbis plug-in),
> * CD Audio (with CDAudio plug-in), with CDDB support,
> * WAV, RAW, AU (with internal wav plug-in and MikMod plug-in),
> * MOD, XM, S3M, and other module formats (with MikMod plug-in),
> * .cin files, id Software.
> It has eSound, OSS, and disk writer support for outputting sound.
> .
> It looks almost the same as famous Winamp, and includes those neat
> features like general purpose, visualization and effect plug-ins,
> several of which come bundled, then spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope,
> skins support, and of course, a playlist window.
>
> <above was taken from the package description maintained by Josip Rodin>
> used apt-cache show xmms.
>
> Rthoreau
>
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