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post #1 of 6
9/16/05 at 1:48pm
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Alright i installed linux on my computer and what programs are fun to play around with. what do you guys ues for a music player and dvd play. are there any dvd rippers out there.

Also it seems to be running slower than windows. im assuming it it because i dont have the right drivers. where can i check to see what drivers are installed. It could also be because i am using the breezy badger preview and the final will be much more better.

Thanks in advance guys
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post #2 of 6
9/16/05 at 8:20pm
XMMS and Xine is what I use. ABF can give you some more ideas.
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post #3 of 6
9/16/05 at 8:59pm
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Originally Posted by Dunnen
Alright i installed linux on my computer and what programs are fun to play around with. what do you guys ues for a music player and dvd play. are there any dvd rippers out there.

Also it seems to be running slower than windows. im assuming it it because i dont have the right drivers. where can i check to see what drivers are installed. It could also be because i am using the breezy badger preview and the final will be much more better.

Thanks in advance guys
go to http://ubuntuguide.org

There's instructions for installing tons of things like audio/video codecs, streaming music server, online photo album, etc.
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post #4 of 6
9/16/05 at 10:04pm
bigtrouble pretty much got it.

Xine is by far my favorite video (dvd) player.

For Audio I usually use either VLC or Rhymebox (XMMS is good too though)


As for the speed concern, there are several things you can do to improve it.

First of, install video drivers. If you have ATi you need to install fglrx, if you have nvidia, install the drivers of their website.

Secondly, make sure you have a swap patition of around 1gb

Optimise for your CPU if possible. That is, if you have a recent cpu by either intel or amd use i686 instead of i383, or take it a step further and go "p4" or "k8" depending on your CPU.

Build programs from code to fully fit your computer's set up. Pre-built packages (RPM / Deb) are built to work on most number of systems, which is not always the fastest route.

Ditch KDE or Gnome for Fluxbox, Enlightenment, or Xfce.

Disable all unused tasks. That is, if your computer is not hooked up to the printer, why enable the printing server? and so on, figure out what you dont need and edit your boot scripts to disable them.

And finally, for internet stuff....speedhack your firefox.

Hope this helps.
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post #5 of 6
9/16/05 at 10:21pm
Xwindows isn't as responsive as windows as far as navigating the UI. I think that is the cost of stability. Program operations should be very fast, tho.

Here's a listing of all the available packages in the horay release:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/
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post #6 of 6
9/17/05 at 12:22am
Actually Bigtrouble, check out E17 sometime. If you can Apt it, otherwise compile it if you wanna try it. I was IMPRESSED, and that takes a little sometimes. Not only is it a beautiful peice of work, it is actually I believe the FASTEST WM I have used thus far, and that includes FluxBox(To give you an idea how fast it is, though admitedly Fluxbox was on a different computer) I didnt believe it in another thread when I read it but it actually is true, at least on my computer.


In as far as Audio... XMMS, Xine, VLC, MPlayer(I believe is the console networking one right?)... the list goes on really.

In as far as video, not much worse off. Again Xine and VLC, Xine has many varients as well for the UI such as Kaffine and Totem.

I am sure there are ripping programs out there though I have not used one, I did find a DVD video authoring program named convieniently enough dvdauthor, though I havent tested it out yet. I am looking for a good program to burn DVD-A as well, I am sure before long K3B will incorporate both of those.

Other than that you ask now what? I ask what do you want to do? Name things you want your computer to do and we can probably make suggestions(Like with audio and video here

Seablade
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