On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:23:46 +0000 Bruno Miguel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 November 2008 02:43:40 Karl Goetz wrote: > > Just because somethings "more popular" doesn't mean its a better > tool, > > or more useful. > > Better tools can be a matter of opinion. I'm using Kmail 1.10.1 and I > say it's the better email client I've used, but that's just my > opinion. Some people here may disagree with me and say, for example, > that Mutt is much better. Absolutely agree. > > > > - OpenJDK also should be preinstalled at gNewSense (or IcedTea > with > > > Open Java > > > applets). > > > > Java is huge (all its implementations are). I think someone else > > said gjc was included by default, so java may already be there. > > The user needs to install IcedTea, available in gNS repos. That explains it (I didn't think a whole java implementation was shipped). > > > (free) codecs I should > > > install and which not. > > > > If its in the repos and is non-free its a bug, so every codec > > installable via synaptic should be free. > > GStreamer, as far as I know, provides free (as in freedom) support > for all major formats. It's just a matter of installing all the > gstreamer related packages. It doesn't handle a few popular-for-some formats like .rm/ram or .wma (or the video version thereof) (trimmed out the rest). kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian user / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
