Lab is worth 25 points total

  1. 3 points: Name 3 different graphics viewers for linux
  2. 3 points: Name three different proprietary video codecs
  3. 3 points: Name three different open-source video codecs
  4. 6 points: experiment with the video players until you can determine the video codec used by three of today's video clip samples. List the clip name and codec below:




  5. 4 points: Choose four different games available via synaptic and install them. Then give a one-sentence description of each:





  6. 2 points: Find and install an application for Ubuntu that handles downloading podcasts. What is the name of that application?
  7. 2 points: describe at least 4 major differences between the user interface/experience of using amarok and that of xmms:



  8. 2 points: Why are there so many more games available for Windows than Linux?