Easy to use

Just thought i'd throw my opinion in here...

i've just bought linux user (i think it was) with the mandriva 2008
powerpack DVD on it... installed it on my laptop, without any problems,
its the first flavour of linux i've used that picks up my wireless (built
in) and uses it properly... graphically i can use it very well, however
command line i can do only very basics...

LS, CD, Ping, etc...

still i find this a very nice operating system to use, one thing that
would make my life easier would be if i can play avi, wmv, mpegs, etc...
any suggestions? figured this would be the best place to ask rather than
the generic linux channels :)

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:46:00 GMT, Myke wrote:[color=blue]
> Just thought i'd throw my opinion in here...
>
> i've just bought linux user (i think it was) with the mandriva 2008
> powerpack DVD on it... installed it on my laptop, without any problems,
> its the first flavour of linux i've used that picks up my wireless (built
> in) and uses it properly... graphically i can use it very well, however
> command line i can do only very basics...[/color]

You may want to consider going to [url]http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/[/url] setting your
mirrors and do the updates to get all security fixes and new kernel.

"Myke" <human.virusboy@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:IbGtj.855$ab5.541@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...[color=blue]
> Just thought i'd throw my opinion in here...
>
> i've just bought linux user (i think it was) with the mandriva 2008
> powerpack DVD on it... installed it on my laptop, without any problems,
> its the first flavour of linux i've used that picks up my wireless (built
> in) and uses it properly... graphically i can use it very well, however
> command line i can do only very basics...
>
> LS, CD, Ping, etc...
>
> still i find this a very nice operating system to use, one thing that
> would make my life easier would be if i can play avi, wmv, mpegs, etc...
> any suggestions? figured this would be the best place to ask rather than
> the generic linux channels :)[/color]
If you have the Powerpack DVD you can install the Fluendo codecs for mp3s
etc and also a legal linux DVD player LinDVD.
If you need additional formats you need the win32-codecs package which is
available from the plf
repository which you can add from here [url]http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/[/url]

Myke <human.virusboy@gmail.com> writes:
[color=blue]
> Just thought i'd throw my opinion in here...
>
> i've just bought linux user (i think it was) with the mandriva 2008
> powerpack DVD on it... installed it on my laptop, without any problems,
> its the first flavour of linux i've used that picks up my wireless (built
> in) and uses it properly... graphically i can use it very well, however
> command line i can do only very basics...
>
> LS, CD, Ping, etc...
>
> still i find this a very nice operating system to use, one thing that
> would make my life easier would be if i can play avi, wmv, mpegs, etc...
> any suggestions? figured this would be the best place to ask rather than
> the generic linux channels :)[/color]

Follow Bit's advice.
After that you can install the win32 codecs and all your avi, wmv, stuff
will play fine.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:11:37 +0000 (UTC)
Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> You may want to consider going to [url]http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/[/url] setting
> your mirrors and do the updates to get all security fixes and new
> kernel.[/color]

Once the updates and security fixes are installed, install the
multimedia stuff, like flash, java, Mplayer, and its codec's for playing
avi, wmv, mpegs, etc..

--
Patrick in IL.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:11:37 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:
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> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:46:00 GMT, Myke wrote:[color=green]
>> Just thought i'd throw my opinion in here...
>>
>> i've just bought linux user (i think it was) with the mandriva 2008
>> powerpack DVD on it... installed it on my laptop, without any problems,
>> its the first flavour of linux i've used that picks up my wireless
>> (built in) and uses it properly... graphically i can use it very well,
>> however command line i can do only very basics...[/color]
>
> You may want to consider going to [url]http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/[/url] setting
> your mirrors and do the updates to get all security fixes and new
> kernel.[/color]

when you say "mirrors"... whadya mean? i've updated as much as i can
through the "update system", then updated what was there...

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:11:37 +0000 (UTC), Bit Twister wrote:

Oh, yeah,
Recommendations: Get into Mandriva Control Center (mcc)

KDE Menu-->System-->Configuration-->Configure Your Computer
--> Software management,
--> Configure media sources for install and update
and unable the removable selections.

While there, click Options, Global options and set Wget as default
down loader.

Quit mcc

You may want to consider going to [url]http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/[/url]
to select the update mirrors,
main, main_updates, contrib, contrib_updates, non-free,
non-free_updates, plf-free, plf-nonfree.

I would not enable backport selection mirrors.

Once you picked your mirrors, and Step Three provides commands,
Click up a terminal
su - root

Cut commands from browser and paste in terminal
hit Enter.
When mirrors finish loading, do a
urpmi --wget --auto-select --auto

That will bring your system up to date with security and bug fixes.
I would close all applicateions and reboot.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:01:37 GMT, Myke wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>>
>> You may want to consider going to [url]http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/[/url] setting
>> your mirrors and do the updates to get all security fixes and new
>> kernel.[/color]
>
> when you say "mirrors"... whadya mean? i've updated as much as i can
> through the "update system", then updated what was there...[/color]

Ok, those updates were downloaded from "mirrors".
If you were to do a

cat /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg

You would see what mirrors you have selected. For easy reading do a
grep { /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg

That should give some lines something like
main [url]ftp://ft/linux/mandrake/official/2008.0/i586/media/main/release[/url] {
main_updates [url]ftp://ftp./linux/mandrake/official/2008.0/i586/media/main/updates[/url] {

That shows you have a main and main_updates mirror set.

Myke wrote:
[color=blue]
> i've just bought linux user (i think it was) with the mandriva 2008
> powerpack DVD on it...[/color]

<snip>
[color=blue]
> one thing that
> would make my life easier would be if i can play avi, wmv, mpegs, etc...
> any suggestions? Â*figured this would be the best place to ask rather than
> the generic linux channels[/color]

As said by someone else: On Mandr*, the Penguin Liberation Front (PLF) is
your friend. See [url]http://plf.zarb.org/[/url] and specially
[url]http://plf.zarb.org/faq.php[/url] and [url]http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/[/url]

I had been using Mandr* since "Festen", but have switched to Ubuntu some
time ago. With Ubuntu, the functionality and codecs you need will be
installed with one or two mouseclicks at the moment you click on an avi or
wmv or mpeg.

HTH

de Kameel

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:46:00 +0000, Myke wrote:
[color=blue]
> Just thought i'd throw my opinion in here...
>
> i've just bought linux user (i think it was) with the mandriva 2008
> powerpack DVD on it... installed it on my laptop, without any problems,
> its the first flavour of linux i've used that picks up my wireless
> (built in) and uses it properly... graphically i can use it very well,
> however command line i can do only very basics...
>
> LS, CD, Ping, etc...[/color]

LS, CD and Ping are not Linux commands. Are you possibly thinking of ls,
cd and ping?[color=blue]
>
> still i find this a very nice operating system to use, one thing that
> would make my life easier would be if i can play avi, wmv, mpegs, etc...
> any suggestions? figured this would be the best place to ask rather
> than the generic linux channels :)[/color]

There are several multi-media packages for Linux. You should have no
difficulty finding them with a simple search in your package manager.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:52:59 +0000, ray wrote:
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> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:46:00 +0000, Myke wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Just thought i'd throw my opinion in here...
>>
>> i've just bought linux user (i think it was) with the mandriva 2008
>> powerpack DVD on it... installed it on my laptop, without any problems,
>> its the first flavour of linux i've used that picks up my wireless
>> (built in) and uses it properly... graphically i can use it very well,
>> however command line i can do only very basics...
>>
>> LS, CD, Ping, etc...[/color]
>
> LS, CD and Ping are not Linux commands. Are you possibly thinking of ls,
> cd and ping?[color=green]
>>
>> still i find this a very nice operating system to use, one thing that
>> would make my life easier would be if i can play avi, wmv, mpegs,
>> etc... any suggestions? figured this would be the best place to ask
>> rather than the generic linux channels :)[/color]
>
> There are several multi-media packages for Linux. You should have no
> difficulty finding them with a simple search in your package manager.[/color]

Excuse me for typing correctly, lol. Yes "ls", "cd" and "ping". :)

Myke wrote:
[color=blue]
> still i find this a very nice operating system to use, one
> thing that would make my life easier would be if i can play
> avi, wmv, mpegs, etc...
> any suggestions? figured this would be the best place to ask
> rather than the generic linux channels :)[/color]

The Powerpack should install all the fluendo codecs plus
commercial apps if requested - did you select the multimedia
option (I think it is called) when choosing categories to
install? (Full powerpack edition has been licenced to Linux
Magazine BTW).

If not, simplest route is to reboot from install DVD, follow
prompts as before changing nothing except to choose 'upgrade'
not 'install'. Then select the multimedia option at the
software selection window and let it get to work.

Follow by updates etc as always.

BTW recent versions incorporate the command:
urpmi --auto-update
to update sources and install updates. Be aware that this will
now include any 'backports' sources if they have been selected
(unlike the auto-updater icon in the taskbar which only does
updates from sources selected as 'update').

HTH
Syd

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:45:49 +0000, Syd wrote:[color=blue]
>
> BTW recent versions incorporate the command:
> urpmi --auto-update
> to update sources and install updates. Be aware that this will
> now include any 'backports' sources if they have been selected
> (unlike the auto-updater icon in the taskbar which only does
> updates from sources selected as 'update').[/color]

On the beta 2 release, you even get other mirror selections even if
you have Enable and Update unchecked.

Just the *hdlist* files get updated, package updates still honored
Enable flag.

Myke wrote:[color=blue]
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:52:59 +0000, ray wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:46:00 +0000, Myke wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Just thought i'd throw my opinion in here...
>>>
>>>i've just bought linux user (i think it was) with the mandriva 2008
>>>powerpack DVD on it... installed it on my laptop, without any problems,
>>>its the first flavour of linux i've used that picks up my wireless
>>>(built in) and uses it properly... graphically i can use it very well,
>>>however command line i can do only very basics...
>>>
>>>LS, CD, Ping, etc...[/color]
>>
>>LS, CD and Ping are not Linux commands. Are you possibly thinking of ls,
>>cd and ping?[/color][/color]
....[color=blue]
>
> Excuse me for typing correctly, lol. Yes "ls", "cd" and "ping". :)[/color]

He may excuse you. The OS wouldn't :)

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:45:49 +0000, Syd wrote:
[color=blue]
> Myke wrote:
>[color=green]
>> still i find this a very nice operating system to use, one thing that
>> would make my life easier would be if i can play avi, wmv, mpegs,
>> etc...
>> any suggestions? figured this would be the best place to ask rather
>> than the generic linux channels :)[/color]
>
> The Powerpack should install all the fluendo codecs plus commercial apps
> if requested - did you select the multimedia option (I think it is
> called) when choosing categories to install? (Full powerpack edition has
> been licenced to Linux Magazine BTW).
>
> If not, simplest route is to reboot from install DVD, follow prompts as
> before changing nothing except to choose 'upgrade' not 'install'. Then
> select the multimedia option at the software selection window and let
> it get to work.
>
> Follow by updates etc as always.
>
> BTW recent versions incorporate the command:
> urpmi --auto-update
> to update sources and install updates. Be aware that this will now
> include any 'backports' sources if they have been selected (unlike the
> auto-updater icon in the taskbar which only does updates from sources
> selected as 'update').
>
> HTH
> Syd[/color]

lol so true...