On 11/7/2012 12:41 PM, Ian Malone wrote: > On 7 November 2012 15:04, Hiisi <hiisi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 7 November 2012 18:11, lee <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hiisi <hiisi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> >>>> On 7 November 2012 16:41, Michael Hiller <sojasau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> I was assuming that. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Nobody should be advised to install third party software without >>>> warnings that it can be harmful and leads to dreadful things. >>> >>> "yum install vlc" fixed it, thank you! I thought I had already done that >>> ... >>> >>> What's the alternative to installing 3rd party software? Get its >>> sources and compile and install it ourselves? I wouldn't mind doing >>> that if I knew how to make packages so that it's easier to keep track of >>> it ... >>> >>> >> >> Personally I don't use third party software at all. I.e. no flash and >> other media on my system. Such ascetic life is hard for untrained >> persone. > > > Personally I only use software I wrote myself. I'm writing this email > on a computer built around a home-made CPU programmed by hand in > binary. > > No not really. RPMFusion isn't some random collection of binaries > pulled of the net. You may chose to avoid it for idealistic or legal > reasons, but FUD isn't a particularly good one. Not entirely sure what > an untrained person is in this context either. You want to do without > flash, that's fine, it doesn't take any training, except possibly in > putting up with not having flash. > > Somewhat like owning an automobile or a bicycle. Sine neither the auto ot the bike make tires you can have tires? :-) -- David -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
