My desktop computing requirements are a little more modest. I develop Java apps for my company. So I need Java, nfs, and smb (cifs).
Java, I think is there. NFS is there. SMB is kinda there, but I'd like to mount it via fstab (or the Solaris equivalent) The thing I love most about developing in *nix environments is that the tools don't care if the filesystems are local are remote. SMB on Solaris (last time I checked) makes me care :( -Bryan Giacomo Tufano wrote: > Il giorno 21/feb/08, alle ore 18:35, Brian Nitz ha scritto: >> Giacomo Tufano wrote: >>> Il giorno 21/feb/08, alle ore 17:22, Brian Nitz ha scritto: >>>> Rather than focusing on how difficult it is to run dodgey, >>>> unlicensed >>>> video codecs out of the box as compared to Ubuntu, I'd like to make >>> You're right, but for me at home (and, probably, for many people in >>> Europe) it is legal to download the "dodgey, unlicensed video codec" >>> for Ubuntu. The repository warns me that this could not be legal in >>> my >>> country and this is all. I can legally use DVD, MPEG2 and whatever >>> for >>> Ubuntu (legally, in my country) and I cannot with Solaris. The key, >>> IMHO, is to make sure it is an "user choice" to download and use >>> "potentially illegal" codecs. >>> >> You bring up a good point on perception as this question comes up very >> often (even from people who also work for U.S. companies). Maybe the >> first step is education. What do you think about this: >> >> - For multimedia formats for which there is a completely legal and >> free >> option available on OpenSolaris (e.g. Ogg), have the appropriate >> plug-ins pre-installed so it just works. >> >> - For multimedia formats for which there is a legal option available >> which is not free and therefore must be installed by the end user, >> register the mime type to bring up codeina or easy-codec-install >> just as >> Ubuntu does. That way, when the user clicks on the file type it >> presents the option to install the codec. >> >> - For multimedia formats for which neither free nor legal options are >> available on OpenSolaris, bring up an informative dialog: >> >> The file you've selected is encoded in a multimedia format which >> requires a licensed codec in some locales. It appears that licensed >> codecs for this format do not exist for OpenSolaris. Please contact >> vendor (Y) and ask them to port their codec to OpenSolaris and/or >> provide a way to legally play your content on your platform of choice. >> If you find a licensed codec which is not integrated, please inform >> the >> OpenSolaris community at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are unable >> to >> find a licensed codec and you've researched the relevant laws of your >> locale, you may be able to find an unsupported content player on >> GOOGLE >> and use it at your own risk. Neither Sun Microsystems nor the >> OpenSolaris community are responsible for any legal costs associated >> with the use or misuse of multimedia codecs and related utilities. > > This will be definitely a viable solution for the distribution to be > "as user friendly as possible". Will probably also solve the flow of > questions in the aliases and the forums. > > The point (and your proposal do it) is to make clear that there is a > *potential* legal problem. At the moment what users think is: "Solaris > is not able to play my video/music, what can I expect from it". I've > heard this comment countless times, from almost any user (technical > savvy ones, not Joe Sixpacks-kind). This problem hurts Opensolaris > perception more than anything else in my experience. > > The problem is big also in reality. I found myself not able to play > mp3 (not obscure video codecs, mp3 music!). I solved it downloading a > free (as in beer) codec from a German company and I recompile mplayer > once in a while, but I'm not the 'typical user' that is trying a new > distribution. We should not expect people to be able/willing to > compile things *to be on par with other FOSS distro*, and not to > create something new and shiny. > > Again, my opinion for what it worth (of course), > gt > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
