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=Useful Linux Applications=
=Useful Linux Applications=
===Installing VLC Media Player===
===VLC Media Player===
;VLC: The VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, flv, avi, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.; the VLC Player is considered to be better by some users then MPlayer because it offer more settings, options and features. There is also no need to run it from Terminal. Read [[Activity_VLC]] to learn how to install it.
;VLC: The VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, flv, avi, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.; the VLC Player is considered to be better by some users then MPlayer because it offer more settings, options and features. There is also no need to run it from Terminal. Read [[Activity_VLC]] to learn how to install it.
===Seamonkey===
===Midnight Commander===
Midnight Commander is a text-mode file manager. It is easily Sugar-coated for access from the Activities panel.[http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/images/mc-panels.png Screenshot]
===Totem Media Player===
The Totem media player is already installed in the OLPC XO-1. It is the engine that supports media on the system. But, by default, the user interface can only be accessed through the terminal. A Sugar-coating can be applied to easily access the program.
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(Let's try to organize this page based on some criteria of completion as per the discussion [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Actvities].)
(Let's try to organize this page based on some criteria of completion as per the discussion [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Actvities].)