If I switch OS's will I be able to...

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Sun Mar 4 07:48:18 UTC 2007


Chris wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> Steve Lamb wrote:
>>> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>>>> I also recommend you rip future CD's to Ogg Vorbis, because it has
>>>> better support with free software (there is support for Windoze too).
>>>> MP3 isn't supported by default because it is patented.  If you want, you
>>>> can convert your current MP3's to Ogg Vorbis, but that will lose quality.
>>>     On the other hand finding Ogg support audio players is pretty much
>>> impossible.
>> Yeah, I don't currently any portable players.  If I did get one, I would
>> probably use Rockbox.  However, there's a list of players that
>> supposedly support Ogg Vorbis natively at
>> http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers
>>
>> Matt Flaschen
>>
> 
> Heya folks - so far, all is good. I was able to pull in my T-Bird email
> and Firefox favs into my Ubu install. The mounting of my FreeBSD (ufs)
> mp3 drive was just as Matt mentioned.

You mean the installer auto-detects it?  That's good.

> I'm currently copying the file to a temp dir so I can format the 2nd
> sata drive.
> 
> So far - everything is falling into place as I hoped it would.
> 
> I'll keep you posted as this conversion moves on.
> 
> Again - thank you Matt for the info

You're welcome.  Thanks for keeping us posted.

Matthew Flaschen




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