On 1/7/07, Matt Nesteruk wrote: > I agree with you Trent. > > Linux is still lacking in the desktop department. The desktop looks pretty, > but lacks a complete, easy install. > > I too got my parents a mac. > > -Matt > My mother uses Ubuntu (or as she would put it, her email, the internet, and word). Seems like the two extremes are covered, the abs beginners and the power users / techies. - Ben > > > > On 1/3/07, Trent Shipley wrote: > > My test play of the BBC finally worked. > > > > I had to Google for a Linux sound How-To. That led me to suspect alSa > since I > > always run KDE. I found a check box to sleep alsa, but that didn't seem > to > > help. Non-KDE sound still wouldn't work. Then, guessing that ameroK was > a > > KDE application I found I could play an MP3 file. Further poking around > > showed that ameroK was simply wrapping Helix and Helix had commercial > > extensions. > > > > So I removed Firefox's reference to RealPlayer in its plugins list. Then > I > > searched for amerok in my file system. After that I redirected Firefox to > > launch ameroK instead of RealPlayer10 to play a streaming *.ram file. > > Finally, streaming sound. > > > > And all this was with a fairly idiot friendly distribution, SuSE 10.0. > > > > Somedays I really question how ready for the desktop Linux really is. > > > > It also reminds me why I got my Mom a Mac. > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss