Windows or Linux for parents' PC?

[235u at comcast.net (D.E. Chadbourne)]

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Scott Ehrlich wrote:
| A recent fresh installation of Win XP by me on my parents' PC developed an
| unrecoverable problem, proven to be with the OS and not hardware.
|
| I am now thinking of giving them Linux, but there are some web sites they
| need IE for, and some multimedia stuff (like Windows Media Player) they
| need, though are not at all technical.
|
| The PC is a genuine Intel board with an 800 Mhz P3 and 128 Meg RAM.
|
| What are my browser options?   What WMP options are there for Linux?
|
| I'd most likely be installing debian.
|
| Thanks for any insights.
|
| Scott

hi.  i'm sure as hell no guru but...  my redhat 9 personal didn't come
with zine (or i'm a wacko and just didn't see it).  i tried installing
it and had some problems.  then i went to
http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/
and followed his directions (RPMS) and everything worked out fine.  i
use it for most of my multimedia.  i think he has the codecs you're
looking for.  there's an occasional hiccup, but that's more on my end (i
can never stop screwing with things).  i think it's pretty cool you're
going to hook it up for your parents.  i'm trying to get my folks to
love the penguin also.  when somebody wants something fixed for free, i
leave them with a duel boot machine.  my $0.02.  eric.


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