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Subject: Re: i586 kernels [Was: very common kernel modules slow down
the boot process]
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04/08/2008 02:07 PM
Mike Cronenworth wrote:
... if I were interested in running a "multimedia desktop" (which I
presume is the direction certain folks are trying to drive Fedora into),
I'd probably use Vista or buy a Mac.
Going further OT here.
So you wish to say Linux isn't "multimedia competent?"
It isn't 'Linux' that is the relevant issue. It is more that Microsoft
and Apple aggregate all of the patented and copyrighted materials that
are typically needed for multimedia operations and roll the cost into
the total for the OS and apps. Linux distributors typically don't, and
in the GPL world there really isn't a business model that can
accommodate the concept of fairly sharing the expenses of something that
isn't free but could be very cheap in a mass-market distribution.
Not everything patented and copyrighted is "absolute" in the multimedia
world. Just look around and you'll find plenty of the tools you'll want
to use under Windows originated under Linux - legal or not.
> Tell that to any
number of Hollywood movie studios that use Linux to produce their movies.
Or ask them what it cost them in terms of customization to do what they
want and decide if you'd rather have something that did everything you
want out of the box.
Windows does everything out of the box? Since when?
The same money "spent" on customizing a Linux software piece is also
spent on Windows licenses and licenses for the software that runs under
Windows -- compare the two prices as the Hollywood editors did and
you'll find that the Linux switch was very much financially sound. By
comparing you'll see it's not that cheap under OS X or Windows to
license a few hundred computers for rendering.
P.S. Replace Linux with Fedora where appropriate. Fedora is flexible
enough that you could strip out Gnome (I do) and other components to
get down to an RPM install with a kernel and whatever else may please
you. You can thank all the people on this list (inc. Red Hat) for that.
The mechanics aren't quite the point. How do you get licensed/legal
versions of all the components at bulk pricing rates? Is there even
such a thing for DVD playing on linux where software patents and the
DMCA are observed?
Yes. A quick Google search would have told you so.
http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article1087-mode=thread-order0-threshold0.phtml
http://www.cyberlink.com/eng/press_room/view_970.html
And there's more... but this isn't the time.
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