[LUGSB] new linux user seeking help :)

[Charles P Wright]

> xmms - it's a WinAMP kind of app that will play mp3 and CDs
> xine - I use it to play DVDs and other movie media
I like Ogle, Marc demoed it last semester.  It is easy to install and use.
Just make sure you have dma enabled on your DVD drive.

hdparm /dev/cdrom should have an entry that says "using_dma = 1", without
this your video will most likely skip.

> mplayer - to play DivX and such

> gnelemixer - is the sound mixer I use
There is also a sound mixer included in the standard RedHat install, so
there may be no reason for you to upgrade.

> For office use OpenOffice at www.OpenOffice.org looks just like MS Word
> and Excel
Gnumeric is also "excel"-like, but not as good as OpenOffice, but the
startup time of Gnumeric is quicker than OpenOffice.

RedHat should have openoffice.  "oowriter" is the word processor, "oocalc"
is the spreadsheet (if you want to type in commands or can't find it on
the menus).

> For FTPing I use gFTP looks just like WS_Ftp
Does anyone know of a good GUI SFTP for Linux?

> and install it using the rmp command. More on that by typeing "man rpm"
			   ^^^
That should be rpm.

Given an RPM package you can type:
rpm -ivh foo-bar-1.2.3.i386.rpm

To install the file "foo-bar-1.2.3.i386.rpm".  The -i is for install, -v
for verbose, and -h for hashes.  If you have two programs that need each
other, just put them on the same command line.

Mozilla is one of your biggest friends, it will let you do web surfing and
downloading.  I also like the interface better than explorer.

Chip
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> > For FTPing I use gFTP looks just like WS_Ftp
> Does anyone know of a good GUI SFTP for Linux?
> 
GFTP also does SFTP.  When you get gFTP running, in the top right hand
corner there is a drop-down list that lets you choose a protocol from:
FTP, HTTP, Local, or SSH2.  The SSH2 option is sftp.

--Mark.