On Aug 24, 06 08:57:37 +0200, Clayton wrote: > >3. Users wishes might vary and we cannot provide auto install > > support for some repos for legal reasons. > > Agreed... I understand that, BUT... it is pretty much a well known > fact that users... as in home users demand multimedia support. (for
So what? Yes, they demand it, no, we CANNOT deliver that right now. Full stop. > example). That is not well supported in SUSE (or most Linux distros > to be honest). The reality is... people want tp play music and This isn't supported on ANY linux distribution that cares about legal issues (don't know about chinese distributions). Ubuntu users can use (unofficial!) Debian packages - so can SUSE users with Pakman. BTW - Windows doesn't do any multimedia appart from playing mp3s as well, and mp3s work out-of-the-box on SL 10.1. > video.. to be able to watch embedded video on websites... to listen to > radio streams etc etc. You cannot do that with a normally installed > SUSE. You must install all those "naughty" extras. So you have to do on Windows. Sigh. > I am fully aware of the legal implications... but as an end user I > find it unacceptable that the solution is to not have a solution. Windows doesn't have one. Users accept this, and install XVid, DivX, Vorbis, etc. themselves. Why isn't this accepted in the Linux world?!? > There MUST be some compromise or licensing solution that will give > people what they want! Learn the implied costs for all codec licenses and ask again... Yes, there might be support for some codecs in the future, yes, we do know about everyone wanting this to work on a basic system, yes, we do work on it, no, it won't come fast. > Adding the Guru and Packman repos... having a one or two click > installation of my nVidia or ATI drivers (just like it used to be in > SUSE)... being able to play my legally purchased DVDs... it's all > important to me and improtant to the people I'm helping migrate to > SUSE. Adding a link to Pakman implies similar legal issues than just adding the packages on the medium. This has been asked and commented a thousand times. Nuff said. Matthias -- Matthias Hopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, SuSE labs, Zimmer 3.2.06, Tel. 74053-715 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
