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From: HCL RocKing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:31:52 AM
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] How 2 play mp3 songs in linux
Dear Roy
Actually i am asking abt any freeware available ..
i am niot asking abt the Redhat..
i hope any type of RPM will support the rhel as well as fedora..
if available pls mention me
On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 07:40 -0800, Roy Charles wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: HCL RocKing <hcl_support@ isilindia. com>
> To: LINUX_Newbies@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:29:35 AM
> Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] How 2 play mp3 songs in linux
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> Dear friends
>
> I am using the RHEL 5 in my home...
>
> my sound card is automatically detected but i cant able to play the
> MP3
>
> songs..
>
> Pls reply me with solutions...
>
> Thanks and regards
>
> ____________ _________ ____
>
> K.Chokkalingam
>
> HCL Infosystems Ltd,Mumbai,
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> (Hardware cum Networking Engg.)
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> 09892143043. .
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> Why would anyone want to use Redhat 5 on a home computer? It is
> intended for servers. This is the start of your problem. You are
> asking it to do things that it isn't made to do. Redhat's repositories
> are not set up for it either.
>
> I advise you to replace it with Fedora 8 or some other desktop distro.
> These can handle any home networking chores and offer all of the tools
> needed for desktop use. Fedora is not a beginner's distro. If you are
> a newbiw then I suggest that you choose something that works out of
> the box such as PCLinuxOS, Simply MEPIS, Linux Mint, etc.
>
> Sorry, I don't think that you will find what you need using Redhat 5.
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K.Chokkalingam
HCL Infosystems Ltd,Mumbai,
(Hardware cum Networking Engg.)
09892143043. .
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Messages in this topic (3)
There is lots available, but you will have trouble that other open source users
will not face because of choices that you have already made. RHEL5 is old and
not well suited to your purposes.
Most Linux users install programs from a package manager. The programs exist in
a repository in a form called packages. There are two main forms of packaging
used. One is RPM which is what RHEL uses. The other is called debs from Debian
which is used by most desktop systems. Other RPM based distros in common usage
on desktops are: Mandriva, Suse, PCLinuxOS, and Fedora. They are all well
suited to your purposes.
Some RPMs from other distros will work with RHEL, but most won't. That is
because each package relies on dependencies which either come with the distro
or are downloaded at the time you install the package. Since RHEL 5 is so old
you are doomed to failure because most other distros are so far ahead of where
you are. You are living in the past as long as you use RHEL 5.
There is so much that has happened in the past ten years that you cannot keep
up unless you do substantive updates.
Playing mp3s is very common and works great in Linux. However you need to have
the players and almost all of the ones in current usage were developed long
after RHEL5 was released. RH is now in at least version 9 to the best of my
knowledge.
It isn't a question of what is available but what you are capable of running.
Lots is available. If you install KDE or Gnome then you get Amarok which is an
outstanding player that will play mp3s, oggs, flacs or whatever you want.
Unless you have very good reasons for not doing so then you are best advised to
update to a modern distro. If your hardware is old then you can probably
install Fluxbox or XFCE as a desktop manager. If you are working from the
commandline and do not wish a GUI then you can still use a modern distro. You
will then have access to all of the repositories and would only have to install
a good CLI mp3 player such as mpg123.
Good luck!
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