The Pull of Ubuntu

[Ed Sutherland]

Vincent Trouilliez wrote:

>>2. I don't want to leave multimedia (in my case, playing audio CDs and 
>>MP3 files) behind simply because my dominant OS is now Linux. What are 
>>some concrete examples of bullet-proof apps for such tasks? What are the 
>>steps needed to enable MP3 playback on Ubuntu?
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>?? Huuuu, I apologize in advance for stating the obvious and probably
>misunderstanding your point but... if you just install XMMS, it will
>play MP3's and CD's (and retrieve track names off the net) just fine...
>takes 5 seconds to install...
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>Sorry if I wasted your time...
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>Vince
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I could never get  XMMS to play an audio CD -- or rather hear the CD as 
it was played. Probably some setting was out of kilter, but at the time, 
I didn't want to spend two hours sifting through Google to find the fix 
enabling me to hear a 3-minute song.

Ed