On Sunday 10 December 2006 09:28, Robert Derman wrote: > Overcomer Man wrote: > A lot of people on this list will argue that this or that distribution > of Linux is great for home computers, but as far as I know, none of > them will play MP3s or DVD movies out of the box, and without these > capabilities, most people will simply not consider and distirbution of > Linux as suitable for a home computer!
Mandriva 2007 does all of the above in their free version as well as play Windows video formats like WMV > > PS: If you are into high end computer games, Linux probably will not be > a viable choice before 2010. If you define high end games as Quake, Doom, Jagged Alliance and the like, there are Linux versions already and have been for a while and more will come as more Game Devs move to OpenGL. Cheers Yo -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html "GET LEGAL - GET OPENOFFICE.ORG" http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant "GET DRESSED - GET OOOGEAR" http://www.ooogear.co.nz Promotional gear for the discerning OOo Advocate --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
