[linux-help] Re: Right Choice of Linux OS

["gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

is there a way to turn it off?  it works fine for everything else, just=20
not user groups...

gLaNDix

On Thursday 18 July 2002 03:32 pm, you wrote:
> You didn't ask for email but, I'd stay away from Kmail 1.4 it seems
> to try to encode plaintext as quoted-printable, so you get a lot of
> =3D20 in the message :)
>
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 July 2002 02:57 pm, you wrote:
> > > On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Cavgalar, Alexandros (Alex) wrote:
> > > > Can anyone give me the difference of the following Linux
> > > > versions?
> >
> > well, thomas seemed to cover this pretty well, so i'll skip it,
> > except i =3D must=3D20
> > say how slack is the best linux distro ever ; ^ )
> >
> > > > In addition to above questions, can anybody suggest me CD
> > > > Writing, MP3/Wave type conversion softwares go with these
> > > > Operating Systems?
> >
> > MP3 Players:
> > mpg123 - commandline player; probably not what you're looking for
> >
> > xmms - used to be X11AMP; winamp look/act-alike; supports winamp2
> > skins
> >
> > noatun - KDE's media player; supports winamp2 and kjofol skins
> >
> > gqmpeg - GUI to mpg123; has it's own skin format
> >
> > freeamp - don't know alot about it, but there's both a linux &
> > win32 vers=3D ion
> >
> > Mp3 Encoders:
> > lame - IMHO one of the best; supports VBR, CBR, and ABR (a =3D3D
> > average); =3D lots of=3D20
> > GUI interfaces available, including Konqueror's Audio CD I/O kpart
> > (drag =3D and=3D20
> > drop rip/encoding of mp3/ogg files! :^ )
> >
> > GRip - GUI interface to cparanoia/cdda2wav and lame... very nice;
> > include=3D s=3D20
> > CDDB support
> >
> > =3D2E..i can't think of any others offhand... there used to be one
> > called 8=3D hz or=3D20
> > something, but it was discontinued last i heard...  lame seems to
> > be the =3D most=3D20
> > popular... good balance b/n quality & speed of encoding
> >
> >
> > Rippers:
> > konquer's Audio CD I/O - very simple to use; drag and drop the
> > files and =3D it=3D20
> > does it for you; can also encode to mp3/ogg on-the-fly; probably
> > just a G=3D UI=3D20
> > for cdda2wav or cdparanoia, but i'm not sure
> >
> > cparanoia - probably the most popular; has lots of error
> > checking/correct=3D ing=3D20
> > stuff; claims to be able to rip audio from cd's in just about any
> > state (=3D i=3D20
> > once read about them ripping a cd after taking sandpaper to it!)
> >
> > cdda2wav - faster than cdparanoia (with cdp's error correcting on);
> > seems=3D to=3D20
> > be a stripped-down version of cdparanoia, but i'm not sure
> >
> >
> > CD Writing:
> > mkisofs - commandline tool to create ISO image; i like this better
> > than t=3D he=3D20
> > GUI interfaces, because i can burn cd's remotely
> >
> > cdrecord - burns ISO's to CD
> >
> > koncd, kreatecd, xcdroast, etc are just GUI interfaces to the above
> > 2 pro=3D grams
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps...  if you need more examples, just check out
> > freshmeat.n=3D et or=3D20
> > sourceforge.net
> >
> > gLaNDix
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