On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:51:39 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 21:17 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > Since Squeeze I think that Debian has removed itself from this market. The > > main repository and kernel contain only FLOSS software. I.e. many drivers > > are missing and have to be separately installed. This is beyond a total > > newbie, and I think could not be rendered easily attainable by attaching a > > set of instructions. So sadly, I have come to the conclusion that I must > > recommend e.g. Linux Mint if any newbie who wishes to self-install were to > > ask me for my opinion. > > A serious issue for all Linux distros are codecs. We're living in the > media age, consumer need codecs. http://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs > Last time (02 Sep 2012) I tried to upgrade my AV Linux (Debian stable), > gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg should be automatically removed. I didn't notice a > replacement that should be installed. Conflicts caused by codecs (just > one issue) are an issue for most distros I know. ? I use standard A/V packages (Mplayer and VLC) from Stable (with some Backports stuff), and never have any codec issues at all. What codecs would a typical user encounter that aren't available in Debian? Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120911214046.289f42f3.cele...@gmail.com
