Guess what ardvark did?

[Snowhog]

LOL
Thank you, but I edited my post so as to not steal Aardvark's story.

woodsmoke

Well, I still say it was the beer and wine.

[woodsmoke]

LOL
Thank you, but I edited my post so as to not steal Aardvark's story.

woodsmoke

[Snowhog]

when I FINALLY retire at 86,

Your avatar doesn't look a day over 3 years old!

Damn! I accidentally deleted part of your post woodsmoke when quoting your reply. Blame it on the beer and wine (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)!

[woodsmoke]

Good ON! Aardvark!

woodsmoke

[ardvark71]

Are ya ready, kids?!

Well, for a while now, I have been seeing my Windows Vista install slowly go down the tubes since I deleted Kubuntu and gave the entire HDD back to Vista. Bad move. Had to get the MBR repaired by a shop because I didn't have a Vista DVD. Then, after a while, my systems sounds and my ability to see any kinds of pictures suddenly went away one day, including any kind of wallpaper. It was still usable, since I still had sounds for all my programs.......that is, until today when out of nowhere (as I'm playing mp3's) Vista bluescreens and proceeds to dump the memory. I can see the handwriting on the wall.........

So, as of tonight, My laptop is running Kubuntu 10.04 100%, no version of Windows of any kind, save for the restore partition in case I may need Vista in the future, (which, Lord willing, won't be necessary.)

Although I repair Windows systems exclusively, I am finding myself drawn to "Open Source" OS's and software in general mostly for the fact that whatever I install, for the most part, I can do with it as I please. I own it as opposed to merely purchasing a right to use it.

I am following the pattern of installation based on what I had before, except for now I have a few questions:

1. [FIXED ITSELF]

2. What is the best program to burn CD/DVD's with?

3. I installed RealPlayer 11 but it didn't add a plugin for Firefox. How do I rectify that?

4. How do I get the Windows Media Player plugin for Firefox? It's in the Ubuntu system, although I don't know how I got it on there.

5. Is there a mp3 player for Linux that will display album covers or art with each song like WMP did?

Thanks in advance for your help....

Regards...