Comments about Linux/Ubuntu from a former MS-programmer

[Lee Revell]

On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 23:49 +1000, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
> I agree entirely, it is my opinion that because of bugs and poor 
> multimedia support Linux is not ready yet. For example, codecs in
> 64-bit Ubuntu, and flash don't work very well. Even in 32-bit Ubuntu,
> there is no flash 8 plugin for any browser, only flash 7. This is not
> exactly a desirable circumstance. 

These 32/64 bit issues are vanishingly small compared to getting video
to play back smoothly in the browser on a normal 32-bit system - MS
doesn't support mixer 32/64 bit environments at all.

Lee