Hey,

I'm on my way starting to use linux seriously and have a few questions. I don't know how big these questions may actually be so just a read-about-it-here is much appreciated.

1. Mailing in linux seems like a science of it own. For a basic user recommenced good programs. Also I've seen its possible to mail with the shell .. ?? .. i think .. read about it where?

2. I wanna play mp3. In windows i use win-amp .. is there any program in linux thats good to use?

3. Burning CD and DVD in linux. Programs and place to read about how.

4. Compressing/Uncompressing files with linux ,programs and how-to in the shell.


Thanks alot for the help anyone can give this semi-newbie.

Mailing inside the system may sound like a science of its own, but emailing just like you used to in windows is as simple as it always was. There's a choice of good apps. Check out evolution (for gnome), kmail (for kde) or thunderbird (for either).

To learn more about system mail (and to check if you have system mail) type 'mail' on the command line ('h' for help)

Most similar and probably easiest app to use is XMMS

Check out K3b (probably the easiest) and xcdroast.

Compression depends on the type you want to use bzip, gzip, zip, rar, whatever. Each compression type has a different compression engine and you'll need to install it to be able to use it. Many distros come with a number of them in the basic installation. Of course it can all be done from the command line, but there are also gui's that can use a number of these engines to compress/decompress files. Personally I use 'fileroller' (in gnome) which automatically recognises and uses any new compression engine I install.