It was included on the redhat installation cd.
Peter
> ----------
> From: Jim Roland[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: zondag 27 februari 2000 10:15
> To: Vangrieken, Peter
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Laptop install
>
> Quick question to you...Where did you find a linux version of Winamp?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Vangrieken, Peter wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 01:50:55 -0600
> > From: "Vangrieken, Peter " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: RE: Laptop install
> >
> > Hi, Sorry it took so long for me to reply, but I wasn't at work to read
> my
> > mail. I'll try to get hold of XFce and blackbox and see how it performs.
> As
> > to the speed issue: I tried turning of almost all system services, but
> the
> > result was the same. It still feels as if linux first has to think a
> while
> > about what command I've given it before it acts.Too bad. I have to use
> my
> > laptop in a few days to demonstrate the use of Mpegs in a discobar
> (don't
> > worry: I have all the originals!) but in linux (where everything seems
> to
> > work a lot slower) it just seems to work a lot better than in windows
> :).
> > The music keeps playing no matter what other tasks it is performing. I
> still
> > have a lot of problems though keeping the sound card to work, but that
> will
> > work just fine (with your help).
> > Maybe you have a suggestion: I installed my soundcard (an ESS...) and it
> > worked perfectly, until I started winamp again and changed some settings
> > (can't exactly remember what I did exactly), but I have restored all
> > original settings, and now Winamp just quits when I start to play music?
> > I purchased a couple of CD's to try out different distro's (I now have
> Suse,
> > RedHat, Debian and OpenLinux). Wich one would you recommend? I just want
> it
> > to work fast and capable of playing music.
> >
> > thanks
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: Ray Olszewski[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: woensdag 23 februari 2000 8:53
> > > To: Vangrieken, Peter ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: Laptop install
> > >
> > > Well, Peter, there are lighter weight WMs around than what you use.
> Not
> > > surprisingly, Lawson doesn't go in for such luxuries, but I too am a
> bit
> > > spoiled spoiled. As he correctly recalled, I personally like (and use
> on
> > > all
> > > my Linux hosts) one called blackbox -- functional but uncluttered.
> I've
> > > alos
> > > used and lined ice. And there's an extremely lightweight one called
> XFce
> > > (info at URL http://www.xfce.org/) that I haven't looked at.
> > >
> > > As to the speed of Linux ... I seem to recall you posting that concern
> > > before. I (and I think others) suggested you look at whether you have
> > > unnecessary processes running in the background, processes that either
> eat
> > > CPU time or force you to use swap ( a major speed killer). I recall RH
> > > loading a lot of unnecessary junk (a common failing in default
> > > installation
> > > choices, not one unique to RH).
> > >
> > > At 06:07 AM 2/23/00 -0000, Vangrieken, Peter wrote:
> > > > Well, the swap partition turned out to be working: I started
> > > >netscape (took me about 35 seconds to load!!) while monitoring 'top'
> on a
> > > >terminal.
> > > > I don't think the 'no-wm-approach' is something for me. I'm afraid
> > > >windows already learned me the bad habbid to always use a graphical
> > > >interface. I just find it very strange that Linux appears to be sooo
> slow
> > > >compared to windows (I am now comparing win98 and linux redhat 6.0
> with
> > > >fvwm2 and so far windows is at the upper hand :((((() I just started
> up
> > > >fsconfig from a terminal and it took about 15 seconds just to load.
> Well,
> > > I
> > > >can see some hard disk activity when I give the command and then the
> > > >computer just waits for a while before it displays the window.
> > > ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> > > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> > > Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
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