On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:11:14 -0400, Nick Sabalausky <a...@a.a> wrote:
"Lutger" <lutger.blijdest...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:h6j06p$24v...@digitalmars.com...
- how the distro deals with patented and closed source software. (mp3,
dvd,
flash, video drivers, etc)
That's a good point. Ubuntu doesn't have mp3, dvd, and (I think) flash
out-of-the-box, and I found them to be a royal pain in the ass to get
working. I've heared of "SuperOS" that is apperently just Ubuntu
pre-packaged with all that stuff and some other things people have found
to
be surprisingly missing from a default Ubuntu. I haven't actually tried
it
though.
I had the same experience with Fedora as well.
What I've found is that there is a site called rpmfusion which supplies
rpms for software that Fedora won't touch. All you have to do is point
your OS' update urls at rpmfusion and you get all those capabilities
through the standard yum update tools. They separate them into two
categories -- nonfree and free (nonfree and free corresponding to
licenses, not cost).
There's probably an equivalent Ubuntu site, but I haven't used Ubuntu yet,
so I'm not sure.
-Steve
