so, i installed mandrake 8.2 about an hour ago, and after having to download some drivers to get my winmodem to work (i ordered another linux compatable modem too, should be here in a few days) im curious as to what you guys use for typical shit... ftp client? cd burning? IRC? dvd/vcd/svcd playback? i know of a few programs out there for each, but am interested to see what some of you use and recommend. also feel free to include any other software you use and find handy, im up for anything and would like to pimp it out like my xp partition is. eventually ill kill the xp partition, but for now while im learning im keeping it incase i fuck something up and need to get online or whatever to find a fix. thanx.

jesus fucking christ, i know someone here runs a linux box. what the fuck?

irc - BitchX
ftp - standard ftp client, proftpd server
chat - centericq
net browsing - lynx
Funky stuff - vocp

http://freshmeat.net

[This message has been edited by nothingSafe (edited 12-12-2002).]

Idiot.

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i know of a few programs out there for each, but am interested to see what some of you use and recommend

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The only browser worth using is Mozilla (or maybe one of it's derivatives that I haven't tried - Phoenix? Galeon?)

For music, try XMMS (basically a WinAMP clone, but works fine)

I don't know about for DVDs, but xine plays MPEGs/AVIs/etc. pretty well. There's mplayer too, but I don't think they release binaries and I don't think you want to compile it yourself.

edit: I hate goddamn UBB code.

[This message has been edited by Craftian (edited 12-14-2002).]

web- galeon
music- XMMS
irc- KVirc
image- the gimp

j0662 recomended some perfectly fine apps but i would not recomend them for you jung since they are for more advanced users. in particular lynx and BitchX, they are both non-graphical, lynx doesnt display images on the web and although BitchX is great there are alot of little things to learn about it where you dont need to know anything to use KVirc.

im not adverse to learning by any means, but will probably prefer to start it simple. keep em comin if theres more..

IRC - bitchx(cli) xchat(gui)
network tool - nmap (de facto)
FTP client - ftp or gftp
text editor - nano(cli) nedit(gui)
IM(all) - everybuddy
icq - gnomeicu
browser - galeon or mozilla
window manager - icewm or windowmaker

simply what I choose to use.