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2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
ZDNet ^ | July 24, 2008 | Jason Perlow

Posted on 07/24/2008 6:22:34 PM PDT by twntaipan

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To: twntaipan

Will I be able to connect my “Pong” video game?


21 posted on 11/20/2008 3:49:01 PM PST by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: RobRoy
Used to use xmms until I discovered Amarok. Works great. If you're running Linux, get it and try it out.
22 posted on 11/20/2008 3:55:31 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Michael Barnes
Personally, I think if any distro is going to pull it off, it will be Ubuntu.

You're probably right, but only because it's got a good marketing campaign, if you can call it that. Linux=Ubuntu=linux in many people's minds. I don't like Ubuntu very much, and every time I get the idea that I want to try it again, it ticks me off.

I'm a PCLinuxOS guy. I'm always smiling when I load it onto a machine, set up the wireless, and it's all humming. I LOVE not having to get up, dig through the pile of disks looking for the printer driver disk like I have to with Windows. I just add printer, and it finds the printer. People that are afraid to switch from Windows are really missing out. Linux is no longer "hard" or geeky. I don't EVER use the command line. Not ever. I have to do command line, and I'll drop that distro, Ubuntu included.

23 posted on 11/20/2008 4:08:07 PM PST by Big Giant Head (I should change my tagline to "Big Giant penguin on my Head")
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To: RobRoy

I know of two: VLC (also lets you watch Shoutcast TV video streams) and Rhythmbox (lets you add/bookmark Shoutcast radio streams). Exaile should also work.


24 posted on 12/13/2008 2:48:06 PM PST by bigdcaldavis ("Screw Kahlifornia. Gimme Kolinahr." - Me)
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To: Michael Barnes

Yes, among people I know, Ubuntu is appearing on computers at a surprising pace.

I like Debian, myself.

Between Linux and Mac OS, Vista is driving a lot of migration, it seems.


25 posted on 12/13/2008 2:58:38 PM PST by B Knotts (ConservatismCentral.com)
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To: cizinec
Now . . . off for locally brewed beer.

Yes...my garage is local. :-)

26 posted on 12/13/2008 2:59:30 PM PST by B Knotts (ConservatismCentral.com)
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To: RobRoy
I use Amarok, but if you want something like Winamp, you'll probably like xmms.
27 posted on 12/13/2008 3:01:30 PM PST by B Knotts (ConservatismCentral.com)
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To: RobRoy
You're right...I didn't know it had gone away.

Audacious seems to be a reasonable replacement.

28 posted on 12/13/2008 3:14:37 PM PST by B Knotts (ConservatismCentral.com)
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To: RobRoy

For Xubuntu, I’d pick either Rhythmbox, Exaile, Listen, Amarok, or the Beep Media Player. XMMS is a straight-forward clone of Winamp, but development of that stopped a long time ago, so I wouldn’t recommend it.

However, you can install Winamp on Xubuntu provided you have a fairly-recent version of Wine (along with Wine Gecko). The latest version of Wine is 1.1.23. It supports a LOT of Windows-based programs.


29 posted on 06/10/2009 10:31:58 AM PDT by bigdcaldavis ("Screw Kahlifornia. Gimme Kolinahr." - Me)
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