Which LINUX???

[DDIF]

I have Ubuntu 6.10 installed on my System having configuration AMD Sempron 2800+ ,704 MB RAM , 80GB SATA+80GB PATA HD.
I got a DVD with PCWORLD which have Mplayer and VLC player for Linux on it. But i can't install them. It said something about error in c compilation. Please help me to install them as i am unable to play mp3 and videos. And i don't have BroadBand. I use DialUp for connectivity.

 

[FatBeing]

I have Ubuntu 6.10 installed on my System having configuration AMD Sempron 2800+ ,704 MB RAM , 80GB SATA+80GB PATA HD.
I got a DVD with PCWORLD which have Mplayer and VLC player for Linux on it. But i can't install them. It said something about error in c compilation. Please help me to install them as i am unable to play mp3 and videos. And i don't have BroadBand. I use DialUp for connectivity.

By default, Ubuntu doesn't come with the tools necessary to complie programs from source. You need to install binutils from the Ubuntu CD - just pop in the CD, start synaptic and search for the package

 

[DDIF]

By default, Ubuntu doesn't come with the tools necessary to complie programs from source. You need to install binutils from the Ubuntu CD - just pop in the CD, start synaptic and search for the package

Thanks Buddy for your help. I'm gonna try it.

 

[desertwind]

By default, Ubuntu doesn't come with the tools necessary to complie programs from source. You need to install binutils from the Ubuntu CD - just pop in the CD, start synaptic and search for the package

Isn't it build-essential ?

 

[mehulved]

Well it seems it's better to have build-essential on debian systems cos you can't build debian binaries with binutils, you'd need build-essential for that.
If both are available, it won't be a problem to install both.

 

[DDIF]

I just found a OLdddddd Laptop. I want to use it for watching movies and listen songs.

IBM Thinkpad 600E
Intel Pentium II 300MHz
192 MB SDRAM
6 GB HDD
13.3 TFT LCD

DVD ROM

Which Linux distro will be good to use on it except DSL?

 

[mehulved]

Slackware based distros.

 

[DDIF]

@MehulDev Which SlackWare distro brother? By the way I don't have BB so can you provide me with any SlackWare distro having kernel 2.4 and Xfce environment pls. I'll pay the expense.

 

[ray|raven]

Try Zenwalk.Its a 2.6 kernel based distro with Xfce.
It completely works out of the box,
You can listen songs , watch movies right out of the box.
So no need for net connxn.
Also, its quite small ~450Megs i guess.

Site:www.zenwalk.org
Forums:support.zenwalk.org

Regards,
ray

 

[DDIF]

@RayRaven I've already stated bro that I don't have BroadBand. So I can't download it. Well today I'm again gonna try Suse 10.2 hope it work.

 

[mehulved]

PM me your address, I will send it to you.

 

[infra_red_dude]

SUSE 10.2 on that system??

Better stick with ZenWalk, you can also try ArchLinux (since its a PII = P6core). Arch will require quite some configuration but prolly will give you the best performance (as in gentoo).

 

[DDIF]

Okay I will try ARCH Linux too.

 

[DDIF]

@Mehulved Hey buddy have you sent the CD/DVD?