Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2009-07-18 at 01:03 -0400, gilpel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> But suggesting to friends that they use XMMS and type meaningless scribbles to make a CD play would make one look like a loonie and suggesting to install something else will rightfully bring the >> following question: "Why is it not the default?" > > It used to be that there was a simple "CD player" application in the menu. It's still an addable > item, as far as I know, and far less cumbersome than dealing with XMMS or RhythmBox. There is an item called "Audio Player" in the Applications -- Sound & video menu. That's what I clicked and XMMS opened. Then, Michael Schwendt told me that XMMS was a legacy application and certainly not the default for GNOME. I really though he was kidding me. Neither you or anybody had told me so. So, I booted the LiveCD and what did I see under "Audio Player"? Right on, Rythmbox! I've used XMMS in the past and my experience was so bad that I wouldn't have reinstalled it for all the money in the world. (All the money... Hum, maybe :) And I installed Rhythmbox when Antonio suggested this application. I didn't receive an error message: it wasn't installed. I did install KDE-Base and maybe other components, and XFCE too. Is it possible that this is how XMMS appeared *AND* Rhythmbox disappeared? Honestly, after it took more than 2 hours to install OOo, I thought maybe I had been hacked. So, now, what's that story about "Audio Player" being an "addable item" ? As for the rest of our discussion, if XMMS is not the default Audio Player, I have nothing to say against making it available to Fedora users. My question is: "How could it possibly get on my system without my intervention?" -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
