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Re: Dell Linux for the faithful only

__/ [ John Bailo ] on Wednesday 23 May 2007 17:44 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> IIRc, he was just trolling 'on behalf of' Novell. There's nothing wrong
>> with Automatix, but some say it can lead to stability issues. I haven't
>> used it myself, so I just rely on what I read. :-)
>> 
> 
> I'm not trolling - I'm simply asking...in fact, I'm amazed at the
> capabilities that you describe for Ubuntu to acquire codecs, because
> even up to 10.2, the process involves a manual effort of adding an
> additional site, Packman as a Zum source to Yast.
> 
> I just wanted to confirm that the Ubuntu process is easier in that, as
> someone described, it will get the codec "on the fly" when required by
> an application or web page, because I think its a cool thing and the way
> it should be (even better than XP where you have to buy, download,
> install the codec for DVD).
> 
> So stop being barnacles and let me ask questions, if you please.
> 
> Barnacles defined:
> http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com/viewtopic.php?t=559

Okay, sorry about that...


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