[juneau-lug] Re: test

  • From: "James Zuelow" <James_Zuelow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:24:22 -0800

> -----Original Message-----

> Fedora doesn't include licensed software. Xmms won't play=20
> mp3's, xine won't play commercial dvd's and the accelerated=20
> nVidia driver isn't included. The packages needed to make=20
> them work are available through the Extras repositories,=20
> though. I use Yumex/yum to install the missing files and keep=20
> my system up to date.=20

Fedora Core 2 required Sun Java to install.  Is that still the case?

If you can have The FC Xine play ANY DVD that's a plus.  SuSE, from the
time Novell bought them, just refuses to play any DVD: mrl.  Puts up a
nice explanation that playing DVD's is probably illegal.  Doesn't matter
if you have an unencrypted DVD you made yourself.

When I was running FC2 it seems like I had to maintain my RedHat network
account to keep FC2 up2date working.  It kept complaining that my
account was stale, etc.  Yum worked sort of, but the repositories were
often offline.  I'm sure that's been greatly improved in FC3, 4 & 5.

If I had another box at home I'd probably give Fedora another try, just
to keep in touch with the RedHat world - but for now, not possible.

James Zuelow
Network Specialist
CBJ MIS (907)586-0236
Registered Linux User No. 186591
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