jlc Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Just to add, I have old mp3's to, but the majority of my stuff has been ripped to ogg now. Like I said, all that stuff is easy to get, the point of Fedora is to have a truly FREE OS and I think that is one of the greatest parts, besides its an awesome distro but the FREE part is cool B) In other news, there are portable ogg players now that you can plug into your car, take for a walk or whatever else you want to do :) Yes, I have an ipod cause I bought it before those players were out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted March 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 As for me I don't care about the politics of OSS or not OSS at all. If I have mp3 then my OS has to play mp3, if the OS doesn't allow that, I get another OS. My system has to serve me, not the other way around, and I'm not going to re-rip my cd's to ogg just because it's a free format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 (edited) As for me I don't care about the politics of OSS or not OSS at all. If I have mp3 then my OS has to play mp3, if the OS doesn't allow that, I get another OS.My system has to serve me, not the other way around, and I'm not going to re-rip my cd's to ogg just because it's a free format. Sounds like you are a potential Arch Linux diehard! :P But of course you don't have to do it right now... take your time... Edited March 18, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Oh, I forgot to comment on vmware :) While I like vmware-server (free) still not open free :) But if Fedora included the ability to install vmware like arch/gentoo and maybe some others, then there would be no need for rh to work on xen and openvz. http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted March 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 so, I wouldn't be able to install VMware on Fedora? :huh: this is even more locked up than Windows then, oss my ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 so, I wouldn't be able to install VMware on Fedora? :huh: this is even more locked up than Windows then, oss my ass No,this isn't the point... you CAN use VMWare under Fedora, but you must install and resolve it yourself, while under Gentoo or Arch you just have to install the non-free binary and everything will be set automatically for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted March 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 (edited) oh, ok, config is no problem as long as it's not deliberately crippled... Edited March 18, 2006 by solarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Aw...Suddenly this thread turns into dead-serious :unsure: To lightening things up I recommend: B) :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted March 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. Douglas Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Aw...Suddenly this thread turns into dead-serious :unsure: To lightening things up I recommend: B) :D :D Yeah, you can install vmware from vmware.com pretty easy on fedora. rpm -ivh vmware* Just a warning, you will need a patch from http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/ http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update98.tar.gz and NO, fedora didn't crip it so you have to use Petr Vandrovec patch. Petr always creates these patches when the "kernel" breaks something, some were around 2.6.15-git4 broke it. Yes, even Gentoo/arch/ubuntu/<insert distro here> needs this patch if it is a newer kernel :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Hi! Due to the recent happenings with Mandriva and Gael Duval in particular I've made up my mind that the next Linux release I'll install will be not Mandriva. Why base your choice of distro on the distro's company policy or whoever works for the company rather than on which distro works best for you? :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted March 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 You can read my reason in the "Farewell to the creator" thread I'm sure tha Fedora will work just as fine for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I understood your reason but your argument is in the same line of dissing Jimmy Swagart's arguments for fidelity because he cheated, ie. his arguments have nothing to do with his personal behaviout, they are 2 different entities, Anyway as for myself I tried Knoppix, (K)Ubuntu and Mandriva and still think Mandriva is the best around in terms of ease of use, available packages and configurability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted March 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I have no idea who Jimmy Swagart is, so I didn't understand a thing, but my behaviour has everything to do with my idea of what an OSS project should be. I've tried a bit more distros and agree that Mandriva is a very fine one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I have no idea who Jimmy Swagart is, so I didn't understand a thing, I'm sorry, that was Jimmy Swaggart, a famous tv-evangelist from the States, caught with a hooker.... The point I was trying to make though, is: judge a product (or an argument) by its merits not by the morality, character or filosophy of its creator. Change because you are unhappy with Mandriva the distro or found a better distro but don't change because you don't like Mandriva company policy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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