Real player

[Paul Lewis <paul lewis karachi freeuk com>]

I am currently downloading realplayer 7 from the realplayer
website. The website tells me that this version of realplayer
is for linux 2.x (libc6 i386).

My system is Redhat 6.0 and I am running Helix gnome, is
the realplayer going to work or will it give more trouble than
it is worth?

Alternatively is there a opensource player that does the same
if not better than realplayer?

TIA