[SATLUG] Video Drivers

[Robert J Hewitt]

I haven't tried any except Mplayer and VLC but that was just to play a
movie and music, No media managers yet.  As for the Mac I am looking to
buy used and I have been looking at the Goodwill Store here. they had
one for $229 and it was a 700Mhz with 10.3 Mac OSX But I need to take
care of some bills and get the credit card paid down first (Wife say
So), but that won't take long.  it's just that I have used PC since my
first Tandy 1000 back in the late 80's till now and the last Apple I
used was a IIE as a kid in my dads home office. I will look into the
media managers you listed and see if I like what I see,  but I really
like the way the latest version of Itunes displays the cover shots of
videos and album covers of some of my MP3's

Robert
   kc5jmr at grandecom.net
   
On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 11:17 -0500, Thomas King wrote:
> > I use Microsoft on my dells and I have it on one of my custom machines
> > as well,  but for the most part I do like the security of Linux.  I use
> > a Linux firewall on a dedicated machine and I have a Fedora 7 system
> > running now that I have a few of the network bugs out of the way Its
> > integration into my windows network is fine.  I even have a 2000 server
> > that will more than likely be shut down permanently as soon as the
> > stability of the Fedor box is 100% verified.  But this does not mean I
> > will abandon Windows, the wife still like it and it did come with all
> > the Dells I own.  I will also concede that the Media players that come
> > with Linux although harder to initially setup are better than what come
> > with windows. I only wish there were a media manager Like the Itunes
> > program for windows were avaliable to Linux.  It's making me want to go
> > and Buy a MAC more and more every day.  (no this is not a knock on MAC)
> > I just need to save an go and get one.
> > This was my 2 cents worth
> >
> >
> > RObert
> >    kc5jmr at grandecom.net
> >
> 
> Robert,
> 
> I know there are several media managers similar to iTunes available for Linux.
> Which ones have you tried so far? Amarok, GTKPod, and Rythmbox are three so far
> touted by different folks as decent replacements.
> 
> If you do end up wanting a Mac, shop for a good used one first unless you really
> need high-end processing. I just finished upgrading a 500MHz G3 iMac to OS X
> 10.3 and it runs decently for simple stuff. I haven't tried using iMovie on it,
> so I don't know how well it will render. Altogether, I spent about $200
> upgrading the memory, buying the iMac, and buying OS X from ebay. There are
> definitely better deals to be had - up here in Austin, the Goodwill store had a
> G4 1+GHz (can't remember the exact speed) for a little over $200.