On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 04:54:45AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:08:03PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:38:12PM -0600, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > > > > > I've used Linux virtually exclusively for ten years. About the only > > thing I currently use MS Windows for is listening to the BBC, which uses > > Real Player output. > > Hi Andrew, I have no problem using Realplayer for audio or video feeds > in linux. I made oggs of the recent HHG radio show on the Beeb with the help > of > vsound. Not that hard to set it up. > -Kev > I appreciate that. If I'm going to have to keep a Windows machine around
(a) so that I still have some current Windows experience (b) to give my parents/guests/others something familiar if they can't hack Linux and/or demonstrate Firefox/OpenOffice.org on (c) as a double check on pages which are Internet Explorer only then I might as well use it purely for Real Player. All the mess of Windows stays in one place: any audio downloads stay in one place. vrms doesn't complain :) Debian is about choice: in this limited instance, I choose to use a non-free operating system on one machine and accept the consequences. It also gives me a useful benchmark - 14 reboots for Windows XP, updates and antivirus install vs. 1 reboot for a full Debian :) Just my viewpoint - others vary on these things. I may also be inconsistent - I regard nvidia drivers/ndiswrapper round Windows drivers as non-free enough to annoy me but still run Windows on one box. Andy > > -- > counter.li.org #238656 -- goto counter.li.org and be counted! > > (__) > (oo) > /------\/ > / | || > * /\---/\ > ~~ ~~ > ...."Have you mooed today?"... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
