sad day on PLUG

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 10:46 -0700, der.hans wrote:
> Am 09. Nov, 2007 schwätzte Craig White so:
> 
> > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 09:22 -0700, Dan Lund wrote:
> >> Most have moved on to other distributions I'd imagine.
> >>
> >> On Nov 9, 2007 9:20 AM, Craig White <craig at tobyhouse.com> wrote:
> >>> When Fedora 8 gets released and not a single person comments...
> >>>
> > ----
> > I keep forgetting that some people like to trash other distributions
> 
> Let's try to keep it good-natured bashing. ${somevar:+"$somevar and more"}
> 
> > I honestly don't know what 'most' do
> >
> > I do know that there are many choices and think that choice is a good
> > thing and some friendly competition between the distributions benefits
> > everyone.
> >
> > I agree with Alan that Pulse Audio seems to be a good thing.
> 
> There are good things about all of the distributions. There might also be
> limitations. If you want a post about Fedora 8 being released why don't
> you make a post with a subject about the release and give us a rundown of
> what's new and improved.
> 
> > They are also providing some mechanism to subscribe to Codec Buddy for
> > end users to purchase a licensed copy of patented/restricted license
> > codecs (not my issue but I'm good with it).
> 
> Hmmm, not sure I'm good with this. I see the benefit, but I think it's
> going the wrong direction. I'm sure Darrin will pipe up about how it's a
> bad thing :).
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I'll let Darrin speak for Darrin (I'm sure I don't have much of a choice
on that anyway)

If you read the link and see the dialog box (displayed on the linked
page), you will get the idea of where this is headed...it's logical. Of
course the real issue is software patents but it would seem that the
distribution internals aren't the likely place that issue is where the
issue will be resolved.

link below.

Things that appear really big (besides Pulse Audio)...

- Iced-Tea (integration of Sun Java into mainstream)

- WPA/Wireless integration in Network Manager

- Laptop support

- PolicyKit (big one for me and corporate networks)
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> 
> We all have our opinions. Through discussion of different opinions and
> perspectives we all get the opportunity to learn.
> 
> I didn't know about the Pulse Audio thing until Alan mentioned it last
> night. I'm definitely interested in learning more. Maybe that could be a
> presentation in the near future...
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Fedora 8 Release Summary - my apologies, I should have linked this from
the start...

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/8/ReleaseSummary

Craig