Few Linux Questions

[Someone28624]

I have a few more questions in Linux.

1. I can use the scroll roll on my mouse to scroll up and down, but when I push it in it doesn't drag scroll, like in Windows.

2. In Firefox when I click on the address bar, I'd liek it to highlight all the text so I can just start typing the new address.

I figure these are some settings that need to be changed, but I can't find where to change them.

Onto DVDs.

3. How can I just watch a DVD? When I put a DVD in I can click on it to see all the chapters on it, but I can't figure out how to just watch it straight through.

4. I'd also like to make back up copies of my DVDs. I do this is Windows with DVD Shrink. How do I do it in Linux?

 

[Anti-Trend]

1. I can use the scroll roll on my mouse to scroll up and down, but when I push it in it doesn't drag scroll, like in Windows.

Middle-clicking in Linux is a totally different thing than in Windows. In Linux, you have two clipboards instead of one. If you highlight text, it is automatically placed in the first of these clipboards. Middle-clicking pastes the highlighted text. The second of these is identical to Windows, e.g. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, right-click + copy, right-click + paste, etc.

2. In Firefox when I click on the address bar, I'd liek it to highlight all the text so I can just start typing the new address.

Double-click.

3. How can I just watch a DVD? When I put a DVD in I can click on it to see all the chapters on it, but I can't figure out how to just watch it straight through.

Open the DVD with Xine instead of Mplayer, as it's much better for DVD playback. In fact, DVDs are the only reason I keep Xine around on my system.

4. I'd also like to make back up copies of my DVDs. I do this is Windows with DVD Shrink. How do I do it in Linux?

DVD Shrink. :) Or there's also Video-DVDrip, and a bunch more that I haven't tried.

 

[Someone28624]

I urpmi'ed (if that is a word) Xine, and there were like 10 programs. Which do I want?

 

[Anti-Trend]

I urpmi'ed (if that is a word) Xine, and there were like 10 programs. Which do I want?

# libxine1 – Xine may not be as good for playing most things as Mplayer, but it's not bad at all. What it really excels at is playing DVDs, so it's a must-have if you plan on watching DVDs on your Mandriva box.
# xine-ui – Graphical front-end for Xine. Get this if you plan on using Xine.
# xine-plugins – Assorted plugins to extend the compatibility of Xine with various multimedia formats.
# xine-win32 – Adds support for various Windows codecs to Xine.