>How well supported is multimedia (mpeg, avi, wmv etc) going to be in project >>Indiana? I ask this because it sucks in Solaris 10 and even Nevada / >>OpenSolaris builds that i have trialled to date.
Euan, Multimedia on Solaris is well supported as it was about 3-4 years ago. Not as up-to-date as the latest Ubuntu distros, depending if you use Nexenta or not, but you can play DVDs, play FOSS 3D games, and listen to various audio playbacks. Some things require licensing, or self compilation or packages, and other things require a bit of time and patience. Recently the OpenGL 3D component was fixed so now things like 3D screensavers and game development/porting are very possible wit Indiana. Indiana DP2 is not equal to Ubuntu 8.04 yet - but it can get there with some elbow greasing and user knowledge. The main thing is providing basic tools for kiosks, internet cafes, students and business people on the road. We need things like a decent localisation and accessibility infrastructure while also having office productivity suites (OpenOffice) during Live-CD mode. Basically, Ubuntu 8.04 is a good example on what Indiana DP 2 could achieve currently and advance from there. The latest Indiana DP 2 official release almost got it right - minus a few bugs and space concerns. Will Indiana be good for desktop computing? Sure. I'd think about as good as the Live-CD of Ubuntu 8.04 is today. Just give it time to mature. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
