Please Help

thanx alias8700

and AnarchY SI I am waiting 4 ur answer
thanx

PERSONALLY i like Fedora Core better (which is supported by redhat). with the ubuntu/kubuntu/xubuntu/... lol distro, before i can get to the desktop, i have to change the boot parameters so that i can get to the command line so that i can manually configure the xorg.conf file for my video card (i have an ATi video card) and i think that for a distro thats supposed to be more on the "easy" side, thats ridiculous. and i have friends with ATi video cards who have had similar problems to mine so i know its not just mine specifically.
last time i used it, kubuntu didn't have synaptic, but a program very similar called adept. in the menu it would probably be labeled system updater or something to that effect. the windows equivalent of the konsole in windows would be the command prompt. you can call it that if you like, konsole is just kde's name for it. it's also referred to as a terminal. if you want to see what it looks like, http://images.google.com/images?q=konsole
uhm...i think that answers everything.
about fedora/kubuntu, i would suggest trying them both out and seeing which you like better. you could try them both at the same time, or install one and use it for a couple weeks, see if you can get everything to work how you want it, and then try the other and do the same. but definitely give them some time..looking a distro over quickly wont allow you to try out all of the features and allow you to find its advantages. :]

AnarchY SI
i get u and understand every thing
i will do as u advice me
by the way i am try now to do every thing u told me
thank u

every thing is ok but i couldnot find gaim in my OS from where i can download it

Dr R:
I'm going to let the others answer your questions since I'm out of the Linux loop.

Anarchy:
I burned an Ubuntu Live CD sometime ago but I just haven't used it yet. I'm sure I'll try it on some rainy day.

did you enter that command as i said? sudo apt-get install gaim
?
you may need to enable some other repositories. in that case, go back into konsole and enter sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list and a file should open. in the file should be a bunch of url's and have some with a # in front of the url. if you want to post the sources.list file on here (dont forget to wrap it in quote tags), i could tell you which ones you want to delete the #'s for but deleting those and resaving the file will enable more repositories so you have access to more software. once you do this, you can enter the command above to install gaim

yes yes
i did it
u r great
i like gaim more than yahoo or other software
thanx man
but c i have zebronics usb webcam how i can install it on linux do u have any idea

oh, it worked. sweet.
i have no idea about that..i'd have to do some reasearch. did you search google? try something like:
"how to" install "web cam" linux



/* edit
* hmm..this looks useful:
* http://www.aboutdebian.com/webcam.htm
* start reading about 1/3 the way down the page
* titled "Hardware and OS Setup"
*/

i am doing that now just tell me how u answer me by this fast way
u r realy king of linux thax bro

i will do every thing just to be like u in linux by the way i am Dr in computer engineering if u need any help with networking i will help i mean it
thanx u man
thank u so much

hahah, glad i can help
i'll keep that in mind.. thanks.

hey man
i tried but i didnt find the driver or the way to install it
please try to help if u can

ok tell me i plug in the usb cam but linux did not show to me any new device like windows so how i can install any hardware
do u have any idea
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i dont have time to read over the sites but these ones have promising titles..
http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO/index.shtml
http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO/hardware.shtml
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... p?t=242693
http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/linux/webcam.html

if those dont help i'll see what else i can find but i dont have a webcam and i've never tried getting one to work so idk how much help i'll be here =\


mm...when you plug it in, try some commands like lspci , dmesg | less , etc. to see if its detected

thanx man
as amatter of fact i tried so much but i cant find the way to install driver of my webcam
by the way i have movie its WMV but linux did not support this kind of file
what should i do
?

this tutorial is for the version prior to the one (i'm guessing) you're using (are you using version 6.10? a.k.a. edgy?), but it should be the same steps for everything so give it a try.. http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/09/21/ho ... per-drake/

sorry about the webcam. as a last resort, you could try installing the windows software for your webcam through wine. which you'd need to install wine before you can do that, but that would be all of: sudo apt-get install wine
then go to the webcam manufacturers website and download the software for your webcam. then do wine install-name.exe

thanx again bro
ok i have download RealPlayer10GOLD,bin
how i can install it
show me please
thanx