[ale] Vista vs Linux

[James P. Kinney III]

On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 13:48 -0400, Brian Pitts wrote:

> I've been using the beta of Ubuntu 7.04, and it does the next best 
> thing. Whenever Totem needs a codec that isn't installed in order to 
> play a file, it opens gnome-app-install and shows you the available 
> codecs that can handle the file. If they're patent restricted, it pops 
> up a window asking if it's legal for you to install them before doing so.

That's a better setup with totem than Fedora 5. I just could not use it.
It could find or use any codec for anything but flac and ogg (which pr0n
is not in, er, I mean, educational videos...)
I'll have to look again at totem in the FC6 or 7 beta. Or I could launch
that Ubuntu CD...
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