[Cialug] Windows 7 Hotcakes

[Dave Hala Jr]

Hahaha... I should have anticipated this one... :)




On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 15:17 -0600, David Champion wrote:
> Dave Hala Jr said:
> When was the last time someone emailed a .wmv file to your mom, running
> linux and she could view it by just clicking on it? Same with the newer
> versions of word and excel. The average person wants an appliance where
> everything works.
> 
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> 
> Maybe you're running the wrong Linux distro. CentOS isn't really known as 
> a user / desktop OS, it's a server OS, based on RHEL, which is very 
> conservative on what packages they offer.
> 
> Running Mandriva, I'm able to view .wmv and most other media files, using 
> free-as-in-beer codecs, or you have the option of purchasing Fluendo 
> codecs. I think Ubuntu has a similar option.
> 
> -dc
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