On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 13:42 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> Fedora Core 4 - From the quick look I have had at it looks pretty good,
> just not too sure of package availability for it or package mangement
> tools.
Package availability off the CDs is quite good as long as you do not
want movie-playing! FreshRPMS provides good packages for additional
stuff.
I use Yum for package management, as follows.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum update
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
canterbury 100% |=========================| 951 B
00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion
Well, today is a dull day for updates!
> Web browsing (Firefox)
v 1.0.6
> Email (Thunderbird)
—
> Office app (OpenOffice or perhaps KOffice)
OpenOffice.org 1.9.117 (OpenOffice 2.0)
> FTP Client (open to recommendations of a good graphical FTP Client)
—
> MP3 playing (XMMS)
Yes, but I use Rhythmbox (0.8.8)
> CD ripping to MP3 (Still trying to find a good one here, GRIP is OK)
Sound Juicer (2.10.1)
> DIVX Creation from DVD media that I own (DVDrip? Is there anything else)
—
> Media playback of the above & other media such as MPG, WMV etc. (MPlayer +
> WinCodecs)
Xine (from FreshRPMS)
Fredora treats me well. It comes with good software that works together.
The biggest improvements that I notice in each release are often to do
with GNOME, but that is partly to do with what is in front of me!
--
Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/
