everyday multimedia not supported in Ubuntu (Re: 3 days from the release, 3 machines, a few issues.

[Matthew S-H]

> is it never enough?
Is not our goal to seek perfection?
I agree with you, though, this point is being beat to death.  But it 
does need to be fixed.  It is a major pitfall of linux.  And think of 
the nice PR if we could solve this and then back-port it to regular 
Debian!

~Matt


On Apr 7, 2005, at 12:16 PM, ulrich steffens wrote:

> you have my full backup on this!
> i never understood the point of this thread anyway.
> with ubuntu you now have the choice to pick up this
> os/toolset/orWhateverYouMayCallIt for free and do with it what you 
> want.
> the capabilities of this toolset is rather impressive and shows whats
> possible to achieve and where the pitfalls are these days. hoary is the
> second release in a (HOPEFULLY) ongoing series and it gets better and
> better everyday. but still some dont stop complaining about this or 
> that
> and even on points that are actually discussed to death and seem 
> awfully
> clear. the situation with patents/proprietary software is a fact, not a
> cheap excuse for devs all over the world for being lazy.
> so what is the point on complaining about a freely given tool that
> actually works better than the rest availlable?
> is it never enough?
>
> -- 
> - ulrich
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> rule 3: It is OK to put all bad people in a giant meat grinder.
>
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 07.04.2005, 09:55 -0500 schrieb Kenton Brede:
>> I think you misunderstood my point.  The OP was complaining there was
>> no disclaimer on Ubuntu's opening page that proprietary formats 
>> weren't
>> supported.  My point was, if you don't like the way a program works or
>> how an OS works, I think there are a few civil choices you can make to
>> possibly resolve your problem.  You can ask nicely for someone to do 
>> the
>> work for you, pay them to do the work, or learn to do the work 
>> yourself.
>> To get angry and demand and complain about a program or OS that has 
>> been
>> freely given to you, seems less than gracious to me.  I'll get off my
>> soapbox now :)
>> Kent
>>
>> -- 
>> "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that 
>> matter."
>>   - Martin Luther King Jr.
>>
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