Re: Celebrating Centos 6.0 Day World-wide

[Ron Blizzard <rb4centos@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Always Learning <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The truth is my mp3 playing ability was installed about a year ago when
> I was first introduced to Centos and I experienced a very rapid and
> steep learning curve (which I successfully overcame as usual). I do not
> know where the mp3 playing ability came from.

To me it really doesn't matter where it (and the DVD stuff) comes from
-- it's just a one-time repository set up anyhow and then it updates
itself. What Windows users don't realize is that most of their codecs
come from the add-on applications that need to be installed. At least
it did in XP (not sure about Vista and Vista 7). Try playing a DVD
without installing PowerDVD or burning CDs or DVDs without Nero (for
example). The reason most Windows' users don't run into this issue is
because their computers usually come pre-installed with OEM software.
If you install Linux Mint (for one) you never have to worry about any
of this either. And it's only a minor issue with CentOS and those
distributions that don't come with codecs (and Flash, etc)
pre-installed.

-- 
RonB -- Using CentOS 5.6
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