http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... cpu-17682/p310don wrote: What's wrong with MPlayer? Does it not work for you? What do you want with VLC specifically?
I have developed a test to compare various Linux distros with XP, and that test employs VLC. VlC is to all other streaming audio players, as Polio vaccine is to "eye of newt and toe of frog".
Apologies for writing so obscurely.You mention there you don't like Ubuntu
On the contrary, I don't dislike Ubuntu, in fact, I think that the Ubuntu installer is the best in the business.
However, Ubuntu does not offer me, uniquely, the excellent video resolution, which, in my experience, only XP and Puppy afford (1280 x 1024, out of the box, without fiddling.)
In years gone by, PCLinuxOS offered the wonderful Mandrake Control Center, which ALSO gave me the ability to effortlessly change my video resolution, but alas, that capability has disappeared in newer versions, along with low prices and phonograph records.
Thanks for the advice re: VLC in Slacko, I will commence the download, now.
I would profit, though, from someone outlining in just a sentence or two, why Slacko is superior to either plain vanilla Puppy, or Slackware itself.
If I succeed, finally, in obtaining a puppy with VLC, then I will be able to offer some data to respond to my own question!
CAI ENG