Quick Newbie Questions
Ok I want to install thunderbird, I downloaded it but have no idea how to install it.
Also I would like to know what a good MP3 player for linux is. And I installed the 64bit version of FC5, is that going to negatively affect what applications that I can use? I have 2 hard drives in my PC, one is NTFS, how can I make Fedora see it and acces files off of it. |
thunderbird: it depends what you have downloaded. YOu may have the source in which case you call './configure' 'make', 'make install'. if you have have downloaded something else is should be .rpm files and you can use YUM to install.
good MP3 player: xmms is a common and well developed 64 bit: this makes some things a bit more difficult finding apps and often they do not supply 64 bit versions. in this case you will need to use chroot to install the 32 bit version. 64 bit gives a slight speed increase but not very noticable i think. Might be easier for a newbie to use 32 bit. 2 harddrives: you could try installing linux NTFS drivers because there isnt kernel support yet for NTFS filesystems as far as i know. A simpler way though would be to make a partition that can be used by both OSes. You should format as FAT32 since it works in both linux and windows. |
thanks, I'll start downloading the 32 bit version
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Fedora does not come with support for MP3 by default, due to some percieved patent issues. You can add MP3 support easily - see Here for instructions. Basically, as root: Code:
rpm -ihv http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/5/i386/livna-release-5-4.noarch.rpm You can install it from add / remove programs. Another music player that is pretty good is Rhythm Box, which is installed by default. As for the 64bit version, there is heaps of software available through add/remove programs, all of which will run on x86_64. Some programs, such as Flash Player will not run. I hope this helps --Ian |
Also I would like to know what a good MP3 player for linux is.
XINE is gud too, tyry using it |
amarok is my favourite MP3 player.
as for thunderbird Code:
yum install thunderbird http://www.fedorafaq.org/ - Info on Yum and its repos |
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