On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:29:50 -0700 "Weaver" <wea...@riseup.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, September 11, 2012 6:40 pm, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:51:39 +0200 > > Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 21:17 +0100, Lisi wrote: > >> > Since Squeeze I think that Debian has removed itself from this market. > >> The > >> > main repository and kernel contain only FLOSS software. I.e. many > >> drivers > >> > are missing and have to be separately installed. This is beyond a > >> total > >> > newbie, and I think could not be rendered easily attainable by > >> attaching a > >> > set of instructions. So sadly, I have come to the conclusion that I > >> must > >> > recommend e.g. Linux Mint if any newbie who wishes to self-install > >> were to > >> > ask me for my opinion. > >> > >> A serious issue for all Linux distros are codecs. We're living in the > >> media age, consumer need codecs. http://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs > >> Last time (02 Sep 2012) I tried to upgrade my AV Linux (Debian stable), > >> gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg should be automatically removed. I didn't notice a > >> replacement that should be installed. Conflicts caused by codecs (just > >> one issue) are an issue for most distros I know. > > > > ? I use standard A/V packages (Mplayer and VLC) from Stable (with some > > Backports stuff), and never have any codec issues at all. > > > > What codecs would a typical user encounter that aren't available in > > Debian? > > Just off the top of my head: libdvdcss2 Not a codec, but I understand your point. But there really aren't a whole lot more, AFAIK. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120912064158.780b3fa8.cele...@gmail.com
