perhaps an apt-get or yum install example would show that this is fairly easy unfortunately, I don't know the package names .. it would be better if there was a way to browse a apt-get or yum repository for package names/descriptions Maybe there is and I just don't know it .. yet Keith Winston (kwinston@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > >Christopher Wong wrote: >>>The "real world" I live in is not so easy for the Windows user. >> >> I was talking about the consumer multimedia world. This is the world where >> the casual user would like to point his browser at most web sites and not >> be faced with a grey box. When the fact that Red Hat multimedia is in the >> stone age is pointed out, it is easy to change the subject and try to >> point out Windows' disadvantages. But the fact remains that Red Hat >> multimedia is pathetic, playing to Windows' strengths. > >I agree it takes a lot more effort to configure mozilla or konqueror >with many of the plugins like Flash, Real, Java, and Acrobat that are >two click installs on Windows. However, the only semi-important thing >missing at this time is Quicktime. > >>>For the Red Hat user, it's often the things you DON'T get in Windows >>>that make it the better choice. >> >> Again, this is changing the subject. I'm aware of Windows' weaknesses and >> dangers, and I do not run Windows at home. But Red Hat's weaknesses are >> also very apparent in the multimedia department. They don't go away when >> we bash Windows. > >So we agree that Windows has huge problems, so much so that even YOU >won't use it at home. We can work our way up from this common starting >point. > >For multimedia, I use XMMS for mp3/ogg, Ogle for DVDs, and Mplayer for >everything else. I got all of the RPMs from freshrpms.net and had no >trouble installing them. There were a few dependencies to figure out >for Ogle and Mplayer, but all of them are available on freshrpms.net and >it took me about 30-45 minutes to get everything I needed. Again, the >only thing I don't have working smoothly is Quicktime. Hopefully, Apple >will release a Quicktime player for Linux some day, but is it really >that big a deal? Most movie trailers are converted to mpeg soon after >they are released. If you really, really, need a watch a quicktime >video, then keep Windows around for that. > >SuSE is probably a better multimedia disto for most people because it >has an ALSAfied kernel to start with, includes lots of the multimedia >stuff in the box. I ran mostly SuSE for about 2 years, but came back to >Red Hat when their update servers started flaking out. I've read they >fixed their update problems with 8.2, but don't know that first hand. > >Best Regards, >Keith > > > -- Brian Johnson * This is where my witty signature line would be if I bothered to edit this line :) *
