> On 6/15/2010 11:03 PM, adidas wrote: > > I agree with you completely. > > Some more things that need to be done are: > > Not able to play videos and movies in the name of > proprietary software > > and > > Not able to video/audio chat using yahoo,gtalk and > skype are also some user related functionality that > need to be done > > apart from recognising network/internet settings > automatically and > > recognizing ntfs,fat32 partitions automatically, > etc. > > It is better if miro and vlc players are available > for opensolaris. > > > > Honestly, no. As I've said before, *I* (and many > others here) think that > spending effort to make OpenSolaris more like Linux > and Windows is a > grave mistake. If these features come for free (say > by simply > recompiling work done for Linux/*BSD), then that's > great. But making > OpenSolaris more like a consumer-oriented desktop OS > is a horrible idea. > That's not what it's strength is, and spending effort > on this kind of > stuff is detrimental to OpenSolaris as a whole. > > Especially these days: if you need that > functionality, run VirtualBox > with Windows or Linux inside it. > > To paraphrase someone far better known than me: > > "If you want [Linux|Windows], you know where to find > it."
Erik, I support your opinion, however I find it frustrating that license issues stop us from using for example VLC. It was handy when it was available from http://lifewithsolaris.jp/modules/packages/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
