A few questions...

[ta|\|k]

1.) Do i have to write my own video drivers?

2.) What media player should i use?

3.) What is the best program for playing Windows games?

4.) How do i get my settings to save?

Thanks for the help.

[oz]

Probably not, unless the drivers you need don't exist and you want to write them.

I like mplayer, or vlc.

WINE, or Cedega might work.

You'll need to give more information about what you are asking.

[ta|\|k]

for the settings question, im using backtrack 2.0, it was a live boot but then i installed it to my hard drive and it doesnt save my desktop settings or things in that nature after i restart.

another question; i dont seem to be getting audio, so where should i look to check all my hardware and their driver situations?

[devils casper]

Is there any particular reason for installing BackTrack? You should use it as LiveCD only and its based on SLAX LiveCD.

I would suggest you to install any distro that is meant for HardDisk installation like Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE or Mandriva.

[ta|\|k]

that is good advice, but i kinda like backtrack better. although i cant really make a fair judgement because the only other linux ive used was fedora red hat. ive heard really good things about SUSE though, im thinking about getting it.

[devils casper]

Fedora, Ubuntu and SuSe are very fine distros. Make sure to install latest version only.

[Taltos]

1) I hope not. If BackTrack is based on SLAX, there should be plenty of drivers out there in the Slackware repositories, right?

2) I use mplayer. Love it.

3) WINE is free and useful for playing windows games, though it doesn't always work and sometimes you really have to work with it. Look for native linux programs whenever possible, but if you can't, it helps to have the latest version of WINE.

4) Live distributions usually have a setting called Persistent Settings or some such thing that needs to be turned on. This will allow the settings and installed programs to be saved in a special file that will be accessed at bootup.

[ta|\|k]

You know what, i dont think im gonna be using linux anymore; it seems that drivers for my sound card do not yet exist... Looks like i might have to go back to windows.....................................(i just threw up in my mouth a little)

[elija]

What's your soundcard?

Have you tried a couple of different distros? The hardware detection in Ubuntu is outstanding and I understand Fedora 9 is equally impressive.

Oh and if you want to play Windows games, the best software to use is... well... it's um Windows

[devils casper]

I agree with elija. You should try Ubuntu LiveCD once. It detects/support most of Hardware out of box.