From: "Adam Flinton" 

I use & like MPlayer for most of that. It will play stuff which all the
media progs on my Win2K box refuse to play. Also it gives me a feeling of
increased security re virus'es etc pretending to be a mpeg/avi/jpg (coz the
viruses are aimed at win32.)



Adam
"Chris Robinson"  wrote in
message news:3E4CC4BD.16D96867{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> I've been running XP at home pretty much as soon as it became available.
>
> I'll keep yoiu posted then on my experiences with Linux.  It's definately
the
> whole recovery thing I'm going to get stuck on if (or when?) something
goes
> wrong.  I've already patched it a few times and upgraded the Kernel.  This
is
> simple in RedHat as it has a patch wizard (a bit like the critical update
> notification in Windows) that just guides you through patching which is
great
> for me - I can choose which patches to apply and which not to :o)
>
> One thing I am having problems with at the moment is multimedia support.
This
> is an area that Linux (at least RedHat anyway) needs to work on from an
"out of
> the box" perspective.  There was no MPEG player installed by default and
the
> one I've downloaded (mtv) is crap - it keeps crashing my system when I go
to
> full screen.  I'm also looking for something that supports DivX - I found
a
> media player that does all this (I *think* it's XMPS or somthing like
that).
> It claims to support Win32 codecs so that'll be great if that works.  I'm
also
> trying Wine so I can run some Windows programs I may need.
>
> Chris.
>
> "Geo." wrote:
>
> > "Chris Robinson"
 wrote in message
> > news:3E4B6A10.13054F9D{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> >
> > > configurable, do what you like OS - it's so nice to tell an OS what
you
> > > want to do rather than the other way around.
> >
> > How long were you running XP before trying RH?
> >
> > Also, I would love to hear what you think of RH (or whatever linux you
> > settle on) after you get settled in and start to look for ways to put
some
> > finishing touches and more advanced capabilities into the system. You
know,
> > like when you have some experience at hosing and repairing the system,
> > securing and patching, tracking down problems, etc.
> >
> > Geo.
>

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