Subject: Re: Change in the air
From: Matthew Dunaway (fert@eagle.ptialaska.net)
Date: Sun Feb 01 2004 - 17:50:50 AKST
Thanks for the links. :-)
Unfortunatley, I think I am still gonna be stuck with Windows for a while
longer. Reason being, is I have a HP LaserJet 1000 printer that I can't get
to work with any distro of Linux. There is a driver available, but you have
to re-configure it every time you need to print something. I don't know
enough about Linux to be able to figure out how to compile a driver.
Maybe when the new Novell/SuSE comes out, it will support the 1000 printer. If
not, I'll have to buy a new printer.
That's what I get for not checking the hardware database. :-(
On Sunday 01 February 2004 6:03 am, Andy Firman wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 03:46:25AM -0900, Matthew Dunaway wrote:
> > I am thinking seriously about switching from a dual-boot setup
> > (XP-Linux) to straight Linux.
> > The only reason I am still hanging on to Windows is the Windows Media
> > Player. I like to listen to streaming radio. The stations I listen to
> > don't have the option to listen to any other format.
> > I have several flavors of Linux: Mandrake 9.0 Powerpack, SUSE 8.1 , 8.2
> > , 9.0. and Red Hat 9.0.
> > Is there any way to listen to Windows media in any of my distros?
>
> On Debian, there is a package called avifile-player and I
> can do all the Windows media stuff.
>
> Here is one for Mandrake:
> http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/cooker/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/avifile-playe
>r-0.7.38-7mdk.i586.html
>
> Here is the Debian one:
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/avifile-player
>
> $ apt-cache show avifile-player
> Package: avifile-player
> Priority: extra
> Section: graphics
> Installed-Size: 373
> Maintainer: Zdenek Kabelac <kabi@debian.org>
> Architecture: i386
> Source: avifile
> Version: 1:0.7.38.20030710-1
>
> <SNIP>
>
> Suggests: avifile-mad-plugin, avifile-mjpeg-plugin,
> avifile-vorbis-plugin, avifile-win32-plugin, avifile-xvid-plugin
> Filename: pool/main/a/avifile/avifile-player_0.7.38.20030710-1_i386.deb
> Size: 112138
> MD5sum: 21eb01c1c4c6285b46e9853edc67cd0b
> Description: Video player for AVI/ASF/WMF files
> Player for various AVI, ASF, WFM (with streaming support) files.
> Separate local instalation of Windows DLL codecs might be needed
> for the optimal usage of this player.
> See README.debian for more information.
>
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