On 8/19/08, Bharath Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  I have BOSS linux (www.bosslinux.in) in my home PC.

Are you able to connect to their repositories to download any
softwares? Last time I tried it things were hopeless, I could not
download anything off their servers. They were perpetually down.

>  Google Earth is not
>  working in BOSS Linux. I am able to execute it. But when the earth ball is
>  about to be displayed, the system automatically goes to the login prompt.

Do you have DRI enabled?
To check, open a terminal and type
glxinfo | grep direct

>  unable to install xine in suse linux 10

How did you try installing it?

>  Is there any linux equivalent testing software to Window based Sysmark 2007
>  ? Sysmark 2007 is a windows based application which will test the CPU and
>  other motherboard devices and tell us whether the system enhances the
>  productivity or not. I am assisting my superior in evaluating computers
>  which have to be supplied to various customers. As ELCOT has the habit of
>  arm-twisting the vendors to supply at dead cheap prices, vendors may act
>  smart on us by supplying the goods at a lesser standard. So to test the
>  deliverables that we had asked for, we use some evaluating softwares. One of
>  them is Sysmark 2007. it is a windows based software. We are looking for a
>  linux equivalent software.

I haven't seen any such equivalent softwares but there's a
benchmarking suite called phoronix test suite[1] which conducts some
basic tests like compiling software, drawing patterns using opengl.
You can conduct the tests using this suite and compare benchmarks. I
haven't used it extensively to conclusively say how good it is though.

>  If you train me on installing skype with voice and / or video, I will remove
>  windows from my home PC and install ubuntu.

Well you can install latest version of skype from the ubuntu
repositories. I believe it is not available in official repositories
so you will have to check the documents for installation procedure.
You can check ubuntu help page[2] for further details.

1. http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/
2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype

PS:- please start a new mail instead of replying to or reusing old
mails if you want to start new queries.
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