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Re: [News] Fallacy of GNU/Linux Being 'Hard'


On 2008-12-10, Gary M. Stewart <gmstewart1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:20:48 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> -----BEGIN PGP SI> Mandriva comes with the graphics drivers (e.g. NVIDIA) out of the box and the
>> same goes for Flash and other things. The Munchkins are yanking old FUD.
>
> Then they try to sell you CODECS.

...get an OEM copy of WINDOWS and you will be subject to the same issue.

>
> What a pile of garbage.
>
> If Microsoft did that you loons would squawking like a wounded banshee.

Microsoft doesn't sell to morons like you. Microsoft sells to companies
like Dell.

...and yes, for the record, if you do something remotely interesting with
multimedia then you will have to go on a Windows codec hunt. This is true
even for OEM pre-builds. 

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