A brief comment relating to the subject of this thread, because someone is going to mention it...
I just completed installing 11.4 NET/LXDE and among the numerous install idiosynchrosies related to doing the install through a WiFi connection, I noticed that during the install openoffice.org is mentioned often and repeatedly in the slides... But it looks like openoffice has been removed entirely from the OSS, replaced by the fork libreoffice. Personally, I know what's happening but be prepared for the many people who are going to comment on that. Now, I've got to scrounge around for the place to post all those anomalies and idiosynchrosies during my install that should have been addressed during the Beta... As for the codecs, if Users are directed to the Forums, there is plenty of comment and direction why packages with various codecs aren't included in base installs and where/how to get what they need. Tony On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:56 PM, James Mason <bear...@opensuse.org> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Pieter De Decker <pdedec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> And finally something else that causes friction for new openSUSE >> users: it's a pain in the neck having to install proprietary support >> for formats such as MP3. I know there are complicated copyright issues >> involved with this, but if I recall correctly Ubuntu *does* offer an >> easy way to install these codecs. It's just one of those little >> annoyances I have with openSUSE. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a >> hater... I'm just trying to think about how friction could be reduced >> for new users. > > I'm only going to comment on this part... > > We do pulling the Fluendo MP3 codec for GStreamer, just like we pullin > Adobe Flash Player. If you run OnlineUpdate during setup, as > recommended, you'll have MP3 support right out of the gate. > > - James Mason 'bear454' > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+h...@opensuse.org > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+h...@opensuse.org
