__/ [ ml2mst ] on Wednesday 23 May 2007 11:32 \__
> On 23 mei, 02:55, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 22 May 2007 16:31 \__
>>
>>
>>
>> >http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39761
>>
>> >> According to the Dell site, while it is going to install Ubuntu in some
>> >> of the gear it flogs in the US, it is the sort of installation that
>> >> only a Linux fundamentalist would be happy with.
>>
>> >> One of the key things that is missing is the video and audio codecs for
>> >> that are not already distributed with Ubuntu 7.04. These include MPEG
>> >> 1/2/3/4, WMA, WMV, DVD and Quicktime. These are not installed by
>> >> default in Ubuntu for legal reasons, but are almost always downloaded
>> >> by owners of the operating system otherwise it is impossible to run any
>> >> multi-media functions. The fact that Dell will not support them if they
>> >> do install the codecs could mean that the operating system is gutted
>> >> for home use.
>>
>> Automatix solves the whole thing. It's a non-issue, but perhaps the INQ
>> tried to generate some drama here. The same goes for Wine.
>>
>
> Strange, John Bailo asked questions about Automatix a couple of weeks
> ago:
>
>
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/81c0611c35d2ab11/f927fa107597e331?lnk=gst&q=&rnum=112#f927fa107597e331
>
> :-/
IIRc, he was just trolling 'on behalf of' Novell. There's nothing wrong with
Automatix, but some say it can lead to stability issues. I haven't used it
myself, so I just rely on what I read. :-)
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