Greetings to all

[azbobc]

If I knew Linux was gunna be this easy to use I would have said adios to Win along time ago. I picked up a 3 disk deal on Ebay.... SuSe11, Fadora9 and Ubuntu 8.04. I was looking forward to loading up the SuSe11 and using it because based on a test I took it was supposed to be most in line with what I was looking for. Well it came on a DVD as did Fadora, and I only have a CD drive. So I decided to put Ubuntu in since it was the only one that came on CD. WOW!! It wasn't even in my top 5 list but I love this thing..... I've never had such an easy and enjoyable time with a new OS. Everything has been going so smooth and trouble free that I was holding off on seeing what would happen when I plugged my camera into the usb port. I figured I'd have to go hunt down some drivers or something, well I was wrong. I plugged my camera in, Ubuntu recognized in and downloaded the pics off it! It's just been awesome.....
So now I'm on a mission to get my family and friends off of Win so they can see just how much better Linux really is.

[Lakshmipathi]

So now I'm on a mission to get my family and friends off of Win so they can see just how much better Linux really is.

Welcome to LF
Hope you have great success in your mission

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Hope you continue to have fun with Linux.

[meton_magis]

That's exactly what I said 2 years ago when i got a second hand laptop that ran XP TOO slow, so i figured what the hell, and put on fedora, and i have been in love ever since.

[azbobc]

thank you, thank you.... I love this OS, 2 days and I'm already downloading stuff and tweeking my system. *lol*
Speaking of downloading & tweeking, what's a good 'media player' for this distro?

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

I loved it the first time, too! But, like meton_magis, I loaded Fedora first! Still posting from it. So I'm glad you're loving it as much as I do!

what's a good 'media player' for this distro?

There are plenty, and although I'm not a KDE user (is KDE still the default DE?) I hear great thing about Amarok. There are others, but just poke around in the pre-installed apps, and what's available via Synaptic.

Again Welcome!!!

[meton_magis]

I personaly use mplayer, but just because It was on stanton finley's guide, it worked best for me, and it's what I always used.

[azbobc]

Thx for the suggestions, i'll look into those.
I did decide to stay up a little longer last nite and ended up downloading Banshee. I haven't done much with it but it seems o.k. One thing I definitely don't like about it tho is that it takes several times longer (than Win media player) to upload/transfer music off a CD to the library.