Fedora 9 help

[haloboydeath]

I'm about to install Fedora 9 on my system since ubuntu 8.10 was ugly.

Will this game have sound on Fedora 9? :banana:

[Znurre]

This game will have sound on any distro as long as you have all the required libraries installed (openal).

[haloboydeath]

Could someone please post a link on how to get the distros (like a download link or something) for me please? =3 :bounce5425:

[UberLord]

You generally goto the distro homepage and follow the downloading instructions :rolleyes2:

For example, some offer a torrent, some direct you to an ever changing mirror list, some direct you to a round robin http/ftp download server.

But seeing as you're asking about Fedora, here ya go.
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora

[haloboydeath]

I mean the sound file's XD

I wasnt paying attention while typing :tsk_tsk:

[Znurre]

Try
yum install openal
as root.

I am not too experienced with yum, so I am not 100% sure.
There should also be a GUI application which lets you search and install software from their repo.

[haloboydeath]

I'm still very new at Linux.

So I have no clue what you are talking about. :o

[Panda_Bear]

You will have sound in fedora i currently dual boot fedora 10 and vista,
sound will be out of sync unless you do this.

http://www.regnumonline.com.ar/forum/showthread.php?t=24802


or in your home directory create a file called openalrc and add the following to it

(define devices '(oss))
(define alsa-out-device "default")

make sure you save with a "." in fromt and this should solve any issues with sound.
NOTE: this works for me ;)
Cheers

[Ulmanyar]

since ubuntu 8.10 was ugly.

Ehm. This is really not an argument ;) Ubuntu, as most GNU/Linux distributions, is highly customizable. You can get virtually any feel/look/behaviour you want. So if Ubuntu works for you and you are new, I would recommend you to stick with Ubuntu since it's fairly easy to use. At least for a while, until you actually understand why (or why not) you should change distribution. So, my advice: start out by changing themes and stuff until the look of Ubuntu suits you better! If you have actually managed to install it and it's working, "ugly" is not a reason to change distro.

I'm not an Ubuntu-user (well, technically I use a heavy modified Xubuntu-installation) so I'm not sure how all those GUI-methods work, but I found a guide for you (it is perhaps outdated, but could possibly get you on the right track):
http://hacktivision.com/index.php/2008/03/02/how-to-customize-ubuntu-without-addition

But then again, since you are really new to GNU/Linux, you can as well change to Fedora before you've "learnt" anything about how to install packages and stuff. It's your choice, I just thought the "ugly"-argument was a bit silly..:rolleyes2:

Good luck, and don't be afraid to ask things you don't understand! (But if it's about your distro I would recommend you to find some support forum/irc for that distro instead of asking here).