Hi, I'm very new to Linux and decided I'd try Mandrake, which seems cool so far. But, there are certain things I've had troubles with:
My sound does not play. I loaded Hard Drake, ran sound care configuration, and when it says it is playing an 8 bit sample, I don't hear anything. I have a ESS Technology ESS1969 Solo-1 AudioDrive according to HardDrake. I have had difficulty running an ftp server. I set up wuftp but then realized that I was already running proftpd. Which is better? I found wuftp to have decent documentation, but when I tried to read proftpd's website's documentation, it made little sense, probably because I've never configured Apache before and it's apparently similar. What are some common apps that people use for Linux? I've installed mplayer to play divx's, and it seems ok. Anything better for divx and other video formats? What about realmedia? Also, what's the favored mail client? Mozilla Mail any good? I like the Mozilla browser so far. Finally, what are the steps for upgrading to the new Mandrake versions? I have 8.1 from the box, but I'd like to download the new 9.0. Thanks in advance, and sorry if my questions are seem very newbish. -William __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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