[TriLUG] Software for Linux newbies

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 16:07, Robert Floyd wrote:

> More dismaying for me was that, out of the box, there were some critical
> applications that were NOT there, e.g., a DVD player and MP3 ripper.
> While I understand the legal issues surrounding those, most newbies will
> expect those capabilities right away.
> 

I think this must be some new meaning of the phrase "critical
applications" of which I was not previously aware.  I mean,
please, not even windows includes those programs.  Having
to get them from a different source isn't that bad a deal.

In Mandrake it's even easier.  Just go to http://plf.zarb.org/
and follow the instructions there to add their repository into
the software manager and then you can install what you need at
your leisure.  Not having those capabilities "right away" isn't
that big a problem when they can easily be installed.

Tanner
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