On Friday 31 March 2006 09:51, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > In truth, I think we can get away with not supporting WMA. But no MP3 > is a complete laugh-at-those-idiots showstopper. QuickTime is > somewhere in the middle. I'd actually like to disagree. Most of my friends (who are very nontechnical on the whole, though "edjicated") use WMA for download onto memory sticks and mp3 players; and I can only easily listen if I have wma support. The positive point to make is this: a friend came over last weekend with a 1G mp3 player in hand. I was able to stick it in an unused USB port (on the back of the machine alas; I'm sooo behind the times) and access the tracks in about 3 seconds using amaroK. Simple as that. She was able to quite happily navigate track lists and play songs without a whimper. Not once was there a single comment about the "odd" desktop. So, "Linux" (in this case: KDE + X.org + GNU + LInux kernel) *is* now usable and functional. I consider it better, for most use, than the last Windows desktop I tried. I believe that issue - the "not ready for prime time" can be finally buried. That said: agreed on the MP3 support. But it is unlikely to go in FC before the patent runs out. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
