[mdlug] Reading material, food for thought

[Peter Bart]

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 13:38 -0500, Ingles, Raymond wrote:
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> 
>  However, on reflection I think he's *right* about multimedia. I simply
> could not have switched my parents or my family to Linux if they couldn't
> watch viral videos on YouTube or in email. EasyUbuntu or Automatix helps
> but not enough. And even setting those up is irritatingly awkward. I had
> to make multiple visits to my parents house to get the right codecs
> installed because repositories were down or whatever.
> 
>  Making that easy and straightforward would be a *huge* plus for Linux
> evangelization. I like his idea of "The Codex" and I would *love* to
> help make that happen. I don't see anywhere I can make a contribution,
> but I sure as heck would if I could...
> 
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>  Sincerely,
> 
>  Ray Ingles                                            (313) 227-2317

Ray,
	For the record, I thought Ubuntu was very easy to install. Including
all those extras for cd/dvd/mp3/video/flash following the instructions
on the Ubuntu website and the Ubuntu forum. It did take me several days
to get it right. That is until after I installed Opensuse 10.2. Now that
was easy!! I was pleasantly surprised.

Regards,
-- 
Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
http://petertheplumber.net