Today I upgraded my Linux system to Mandrake Linux 9.2. I found some welcome improvements. My sound card is now working. My built-in network connection is working so I can connect to the Internet over Verizon DSL. However, I did have some problems getting the Apache web server running due to missing SSL certificates. I had to edit a configuration file to fix that.
I decided to upgrade because I was unable to install anything from my original distribution CDROMs which are now unreadable. I could only find the Mandrake 9.2 CDROM images online.
I now have the Noatun application for viewing videos but it does not appear to be able to play anything. I tried several video formats without much luck.