[Ham-Linux] Red hat based linux

[richard]

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:40:52 -0600
"Marvin Match" <match at ece.utah.edu> wrote:

> 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
> 

getting around sudo is easy.
create a user called root and a password for root.

Of the rpm distros I'ved used Redhat Mandriva( mandrake ) and suse.
In the end I moved over to ubuntu as it has better support of audio
apps.
-- 
Best wishes

Richard Bown

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