"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
2554888.HF3chEeqVl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 10/28/08 6:54 PM:
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> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Wednesday 29 October 2008 00:42 : \____
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>> TomB wrote:
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>>> On 2008-10-29, Roy Schestowitz was urged to write the following:
>>>>
>>>> * Enter CD
>>>>
>>>> * Pop-up menu shows up asking if the user's desire is to play or open the
>>>> CD's content in a file manager. Open in file manager.
>>>>
>>>> * Voila! In the background, KDE has fetched the tracks info for the
>>>> entire album (over the Web) and within 1 second the tracks appear as
>>>> aptly-named files.
>>>>
>>>> *Drag and drop the directory called MP3 (or Ogg) where you want it and
>>>> bam! All done.
>>>>
>>>> How is this done in Windows?
>>>
>>> This is a *great* Konqueror feature. OSX fans should adore it, as it
>>> doesn't get any easier than this...
>
> Grip is how I did it 5 years ago.
>
>> Just ask Snot Michael Glasser.
>> He will explain why a convoluted mess, consisting of at least half a dozen
>> mouse-clicks in seemingly unrelated positions will result in something
>> similar, albeit not quite (most of the target formats will be missing).
>>
>> And then declare the OSX way superior
>
> A BSD with a nice-looking theme and overpriced hardware. Why not just get a
> mid-tier machine and then put Bagjira on KDE? Oh wait! That won't give you
> the 'Mac Experience'^TM (aura and stuff).
If Shuttleworth gets his way it is possible desktop Linux will be doing a
lot to catch up with OS X. I would welcome that.
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