need help

[Peter Schwenke]

Shane W. Handley wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> There a some good instructions on the Ubuntu wiki:
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RealplayerInstallationMethods
> 
> Also, I found the Ubuntu wiki and ubuntuforums to be very valuable when 
> I first started using Ubuntu, if you ever have a problem the solution 
> can usually be found by searching one of these two resources:
> 
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com
> 

Shane's answer is great advice.  There are a lot of users of varying
levels of expertise in the forums.  The atmosphere is also very friendly.

The following page also has information about multimedia players on Linux

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

Personally, I've found that I'm better off using Totem than RealPlayer.

-- 
                                                              ...Peter