On Wednesday 08 August 2007 20:52, Tero Pesonen wrote: [snip > I don't feel comfortable recommending Linux desktop to others. Because > when they will need help, I probably won't be able to help. And they > should not need help from me with basic issues such as burning disks or > having some proprietary video formats play back. > > Tero
The proprietary video formats issue is one for the lawyers, not Linux people. These formats don't play back because copyright and patent owners or abusers will not allow free access to them and have threatened and bullied, and even prosecuted, people trying simply to view files using open source systems. This distinction is extremely important. Badger your government about it, not those working on Linux multimedia, who have shown time and again that they can easily overcome any technical issues when not threatened by corporations and their legal teams. -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: 0161 834 7961 Fax: 0161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
