Delyon, Was the writer an average user or advanced? He / She would have known better who needs what, when, why, how et la!
Talk of scratching someone else's itch!! If an admin / average user is comfortable with whichever, so be it. What are the alternatives anyway? Black or white! # Edmonds. On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Delyon Ronnie <[email protected]>wrote: > Benjamin: LOL..True but thats stretching it. Average user assumes a couple > of things like an understanding of program icons and where they can be found > > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Benjamin Tayehanpour < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Delyon: They need to know that a road cone icon means "video player", now >> don't they? :) >> >> On 2 July 2012 17:29, Delyon Ronnie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My point exactly. The average VLC-clicking user does not need to know >>> any of the above >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On 2 July 2012 17:22, Benjamin Tayehanpour <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> I use Backtrack linux and while it has a pretty good GUI i find >>>>>> working off command line easier. I dont see why someone that just needs >>>>>> an >>>>>> OS to watch movies >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > mplayer -vo fbdev2 MOVIE.avi >>>>> >>>>> I believe it is possible to use VDPAU on nVidia cards without needing >>>>> X11. Woo-hoo! :D >>>>> >>>> >>>> Haven't tried it lately but I believe it is. My current laptop has one >>>> of those Optimus configuations, so no VDPAU on the nvidia card til someone >>>> hacks it. >>>> >>>> P. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>>> >>>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>>> [email protected] >>>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>>> >>>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>> >>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>>> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >>>> any way. >>>> >>>
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