I am posting it here cuz i got servile questions. 1 of them is hardware.

1. I have a readon at1 9200 256mb card. I went and dl the sofware 4 it but 4 some reason it does not work now i have worse graphics.

2. I have been racking by brain trying to get the .avi .mpg files to run using every methood I have seen here. and on google, i tryed to install totem, but i get this when I type it.. says i do not have the right codecs installd mplayer the same i went and dl the codecs in put them in /usr/local/lib/codecs/ as per the instructions of the read me it also after the /usr/local/lib/codecs/ it gives this ($prefix/lib/codecs/) this i do not understand.

3 I cant find out what type of ubuntu i have how do i do that.
I am dling the newest now but it is taking a long time it should not cuz i got 1.5mbps connection. well i used the wget on shell but I am still not going fast like i should I know that it alos depends on the place i am dling from but it shoud not be going at 29kbps that is to slow....

thankyou all

Could you write in an understandable language, please.

For 2. that one is well documented on Google, try "ubuntu ugly codec"

Whre di u dl th sf 4 it (like that?) ?

Err I would suggest starting here: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy

To install the Driver for an ATI Radeon..
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide

to Install codecs properly, consult the guide..
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_E...timedia_Codecs

To determine version, consult the guide...
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_E...ntu_I_am_using


And yeah, please leave the l337 sp34k at the door, cause I didn't bring my secret decoder ring today. Thanks.