hello friends,
i installed FEDORA CORE last week..i dont know anything about linux.... (that is)how to install new softwares,what is to be downloaded,etc... but i have interest towards learning more in linux.. i want to start by learning how to play songs from mp3 cd & mp3 stored in windows..

when i browsed this site i found some advising to play in xmms player...

wat is this player.. where to get this.. wat should i do after downloading it..

please guide me, because this will be my first time to install softwares in linux.

Check out this site for info all about fedora and how to install things. http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...ion_notes.html

For mp3 to work you need to install the xmms-mp3 rpm. Do a search here or on the above link on installing this. mp3 is a non open source compresssion and requires a fee to use in a program to program basis. So for legaliaty issues it is not installed by default under Redhat/Fedora. I believe this is writting in the release notes. Check them out to learn more about your relase of Fedora. I thought xmms is normally installed by default but may depend on the install option you selected. The rpm you need for xmms is on one of the install CDs. To see if it is installed run this command in a terminal console session.
rpm -qa | grep xmms
If it is not listed then you will need to install it.
As root goto the cd that has the xmms.*.rpm and run this command.
rpm -ivh xmms*.rpm

Brian