On Dec 26, 2011 9:02 AM, "Swapnil Bhartiya" <swapnil.bhartiya@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I can't find Miro and Arista in Fedora repos (have also installed Live and RPM Fusion). I need these two apps to convert movies for my Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tab (and also writing a review). Is there any easy way to install such apps on Fedora?
>
> Best
> Swapnil
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Hey Swampnil,
Sorry for the sweeping generalizations, but:
Your last couple posts ar saying, in effect, "in Ubuntu, I used $METHOD to accomplish $USER_TASK. How can Fedora replicate the $METHOD I used in Ubuntu? "
You might run into some trouble, because the two distributions have different $METHODS. There is an important distinction to be made between the end goal (putting videos on a tablet) and the method used to do it (installing Miro, for example.) I'm concerned that instead of reviewing Fedora, you will end up reviewing your ability to turn Fedora into Ubuntu. Your struggle with the apparently unneeded fedora-utils and proprietary nvidia drivers are evidence of the kind of bias I hope your writing doesn't include.
I don't want to put words in your mouth, but :
Instead of saying "installing nvidia drivers was very difficult, and broke my installation so badly I had to reinstall" one could say "fedora doesn't package drivers, such as the proprietary Nvidia binaries, that it does not have the rights to redistribute, but the default open source driver worked well for me."
Instead if saying "I had to use a 3rd party utility to install flash" you could say "Fedora doesn't include flash, but after a week I found I was glad to be rid of it."
See the difference?
I'm going to assume that your impression of Fedora has been impacted by this list as well. I hope the list members are aware they are representing our community here, and I hope that you, Swampil, realize that you have not been providing enough information in your postings to receive the full benefit of support the knowledgeable list members here have to offer.
Pete
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