John, Thanks for the heads-up on the website. It seems that I will have my choice of applications, whether viewing DVD's or the Hauppage card, etc. Do you have any suggestions for good apps to browse the Usenet Groups (Newsgroups)? I purchased Forte' Agent for my Windows machine and like it a lot.
BTW, if anyone tells you that Windows XP does not have Blue Screens of Death (BSoD) then take it with a grain of salt. Granted a true BSoD is a blue screen covered in useful info on what was happening with the computer when it hung and I have not experienced that exact thing per se'. However, I did get a blue screen when my pc locked up tonight on me....while I was running XP to burn some CD's. Hopefully, by the end of the week I won't have to boot into XP to do that any longer. I just going to make a list of the things I need and the things I want as far as software is concerned. I'll keep both around until I have installed and configured everything and also to the point where I don't feel completely lost. I'm going to check out the website you suggested. What I am hoping for is some website that will provide a list of applications and then a flowchart that states what apps require what other apps/services/libraries. I'm not certain of this but when I install something with the package manager and do a test and list the dependancies.......I can get a list of serveral things that it needs....but it does not tell me if there is a specific order in which to install them.....ie. one of the items in the dependancy list may require that another item must be installed as one of its own dependancies.......was that as hard to follow as it was to write? <G> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 9:19 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: [brluglist] source files? > > --- Cleve Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks John, I'm sure I will be getting myself in > > deep and will need some > > help out of the hole I dig myself into!! > > I know that I am using the i686 compliation of the > > kernal so that would mean > > that I need to install the i686 kernal package from > > the RH7.2 CD's. > > Yup. > > > As it is mid-night and I usually turn into a pumpkin > > around 9pm (pathetic > > huh? <G>) I think this will have to wait until > > tomorrow. > > Prepare to lose more sleep. :) > > > The other things I would like to get working before > > making the switch > > completely would be finding a Linux version of the > > Win2000TV app. that my > > Hauppage video capture card uses for cable TV > > access.....and a good GNU DVD > > viewing app. > > The Hauppage card is supported on Linux in a number of > video apps. Check out: > http://www.hauppauge.com/html/linux.htm and search > around on Google. > > > Truth be known, I am going to buy a Linux for > > Dummies type of book because it > > is the little simple things that slow me down. Just > > having a really good > > understanding of the unix directory structure and > > how to quickly solve > > installation dependency issues, etc. would bring me > > so much farther along > > than I am now. I can't wait to get started either. > > > You might want to take a look at http://rute.sf.net. > You probably already know some of the subjects covered > in it, but there are other chapters on specific stuff > that you will find interesting. > > Have fun! > > John Hebert > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
