Brian Cameron wrote:
Spencer:
Fluendo has already released a licensed DVD player for Linux, and they
plan to make one available for OpenSolaris soon:
http:://www.fluendo.com/
The difficulty with distributing a DVD player is that there are many
associated licensing that is required to play DVD's. Many media formats
used in store-bought DVD videos require paying a licensing fee to use.
MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MP3 audio, Dolby AC-3, and CSS for example.
There are some media players out there that you can build or download
that will play DVD's. However, if you use a solution that avoids
paying these licensing fees, then you would need to speak with a lawyer
to find out what legal risks are involved with doing so.
When the Fluendo solution is available for OpenSolaris, you can use it
without worry about any such legal risks.
Brian
Been running OpenSolaris for a while now, a point from a peer who's
been
running it for a while well worth noting is the fact that many people
can't keep up with all the packages online, since the repository
images
don't change so often it makes sense to have a DVD release doesn't it?
There's plenty of Linux users who would rather use a OS with a
broad appeal and reputation of a commercial company such as Sun, apart
from the fact that it's open source most people see Solaris as a
server
OS
not a desktop OS. OpenSolaris has a desktop appeal that most people
don't
appreciate due to lack of applications on it's bootable media it just
seems to lack applications on the face of it.
How do users who want to develop or deploy their applications or
concepts
when
trying out what Sun has to offer(as you get from Solaris Express
Edition) - It's a good thing to have Netbeans, Sunstudio or Eclipse
among
many other applications in place as you would on a live Linux/BSD
DVD. It makes a good impression for many who are interested in
adopting OpenSolaris in the first place when there's a thriving social
development community for the tools mentioned above which they may
use on
a different platform. A bootable environment
that helps put accross the best possible set of applications.
In that case are there any plans for a DVD release for OpenSolaris?
All the best,
Spencer
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I believe he is asking if OpenSolaris will be released as a DVD image.
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Cheers,
Steven Acres
Toronto OpenSolaris User Group <TOROSUG>
Leader http://opensolaris.org/os/project/torosug
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