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Date:      Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:23:25 -0700
From:      Eric Podany <Eric.Podany@NAU.EDU>
To:        "FreeBSD, Newbies" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   DVD Playback
Message-ID:  <001e01c3e52c$905754b0$9a377286@ericldjyh5q5k0>

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Hello all,
   I'm even more of a newbie than most on this mailing list, so forgi=
ve my ignorance.  I'm trying to switch from W2k to FreeBSD, so I need=
 to get a few integral pieces working, and I'll figure out the detail=
s later.
   I've been looking at the ports listing, and found a few DVD player=
s - mplayer, kplayer, and ogle.  Any recommendations on what to use? =
 Kplayer says it is for use with KDE, but I can't remember what windo=
w manager I am using.  How do I check that out?
   And also, how do I download the ports to my machine?  I've found d=
ocumentation on pkg_add stuff, but I'm still feeling tentative about =
it.  And will the ports integrate themselves into the window manager =
automatically after I download them, or do I need to set that up as w=
ell?

A brief summary:

1) Any recommendations on what dvd player to use?
2) How do I find out what window manager I am using?
3) How do I download ports to my machine?
4) Will the ports integrate themselves into the window manager automa=
tically after I download them?

Thanks in advance for any help, I really appreciate it.
~ Eric



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