Mandrake users can find codecs at the Penguin Liberatio Front http://plf.zarb.org/
Shawn G. Doughty-A&S Support Staff Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://asunix.tufts.edu/ Phone: 617-627-5462 Fax: 617-627-3220 On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Duane Morin wrote: > I dont know about your folks, but I'll mention that the primary reason I > can't switch my dad to Linux is his collection of USB toys. He's always > getting something new that he expects to just plug in and work (his most > recent toy was a set of binoculars that have a digital camera in them). > Many of these USB devices do not have Linux support. It would be nice if > they all just supported some kind of generic storage driver, but they do > not, for the most part. > > If it weren't for that I would switch him to Linux with mozilla, xine or > mplayer, cdparanoia.... in a heartbeat. > > -d > > > > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, > Scott Ehrlich wrote: > > > A recent fresh installation of Win XP by me on my parents' PC developed an > > unrecoverable problem, proven to be with the OS and not hardware. > > > > I am now thinking of giving them Linux, but there are some web sites they > > need IE for, and some multimedia stuff (like Windows Media Player) they > > need, though are not at all technical. > > > > The PC is a genuine Intel board with an 800 Mhz P3 and 128 Meg RAM. > > > > What are my browser options? What WMP options are there for Linux? > > > > I'd most likely be installing debian. > > > > Thanks for any insights. > > > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
