[Ham-Linux] Red hat based linux

[Marvin Match]

On 11 Mar 2009 at 22:00, Jonathan Thawley, KC8CPW wrote:

> My issue with CentOS is that I've yet to figure out what I have to do to get MP3's and windows media files to play! Drives me nuts! Lol
> 
> Any ideas on solving that problem?
> 
> Right now I'm test driving ubuntu its ok but I don't know all the commands and stuff like I know them on redhat. But that was one thing that impressed me was that it play MP3s and windows media files including videos right out of the box.
> 
> Jonathan

Ubuntu is a great distro... I hate it.

I just could never get my head around preceding commands with sudo. 
RedHat and its variants allow you to just su to root and carry on. 
Ubuntu makes you preceed every root command with sudo and the root 
password every time. What a pain in the neck.

Marvin 
KA7TPH