Artemis

Anyone recomend good software for ripping DVD's to avi? Thanks in advance!

BitTorrent? That's at least the most common one I think. Don't know whether it's "good" or "the best" because it's the only one I've used, but it works fine.

I've tried installing Bittorrent but get errors everytime. Any pointers?

azureus is a common one, though you need Java installed to run it.

I downloaded azureus and couldnt get it to work. Perhaps its because I dont have java installed. I am new to linux and have no idea how or where to get java.

Can anyone recomend a good program to download torrents? I just upgraded from Mandrake 10.0 to Mandriva 2007 and I'm not having much luck with software so far. Thanks in advance!!!

This is why I like Mandrake 10.0

I can use both KDE and GNOME without any signifcant speed issues :)

I'm still learning so my biggest issue is finding software and configuration.

Should be fine, but you might need to cut out a lot of services after installing it to ensure free ram for other things. Don't expect to use KDE or Gnome though. They will be resource hungry and quite slow.

Thanks for the input. Looks like I'll be upgrading this week :)

The computer is actually a few years old. Its a pentium 3 1ghz with 192mb of RAM. I was afraid my computer wouldnt support a newer release. I have actually solved the one speaker not working issue. It seems I had a short in the cable ;)

Would my current setup work with a newer relsease?

Please bare with me. I am a newbie with linux.

I just installed Mandrake 10.0 and my sound (onboard Intel AC97) only plays through one speaker. Also, when I try to watch a video, the picture is there but only static for sound. Can anyone help me remedy this? Thanks in advance :)