> Hello there, > > The BBC's head of technology is claiming that only about 400-600 people use > GNU/Linux to access the BBC, as part of their PR excercise glossing over > how badly they've got it wrong with their M$-only iPlayer (see > http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1721229 and for background > see > http://tom.acrewoods.net/blog/2007/aug/bbc-corrupted-iplayer-protests-uk). > > If you've used GNU/Linux to access the beeb, can you sign the petition > below? Please circulate widely. > > http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/linuxbbc > > Kind regards, > Tom
Hi Tom, Thanks for the link. I signed the petition and here is my "comments" The only programme I tried to download using the iPlayer scheme was Heston Blumenthal's "Perfect Fish and Chips". Having gone through the rigmarole of booting my only WindowsXP containing computer (a laptop dual booted with Knoppix3.3). After upgrading Internet Explorer to version 7. I then eventually managed to download the Iplayer version of the cooking programme. Unfortunately when I tried to view the programme, although the film was fine I couldn't get the sound to work. Having used Linux almost exclusively for the last five years or so I couldn't remember how to configure the sound under Windows. I aimlessly clicked a few buttons with my mouse, but no joy. Seven days later the licence to view expired. I can confirm that watching Heston Blumenthal cook Fish 'n Chips with no sound is not riveting. Maybe I should have downloaded something by Charlie Chaplin. Anyway I'm back using Linux now and the sound works, but unfortunately not BBC iPlayer. -- Regards, Mark Preston _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
