[TriLUG] Deploying Linux to...Aunt Marge

[Kevin Flanagan]

For WMV and DVD playback, check mplayer, it should take care of most of 
those issues.

Cristobal Palmer wrote:
> Aunt Marge wants [K]ubuntu. I like gnome, but that's me, not Marge.
>
> The only real hangup will be shockwave, with Windows Media files being
> only a slight technical (and legal) speedbump.
>
> See the wiki entry on "Restricted Formats" for details. The wiki
> really is fairly good.
>
> I have my 14-year-old brother running it, my best friend who is
> getting an MFA in piano (read: not tech-savvy) running Kubuntu, and an
> ex-girlfriend running Kubuntu.
>
> I've gotten a grand total of three complaints, two of which were about
> lack of shockwave. The other involved choppy DVD playback. Seriously.
> These people are not in love with computers. They just use them.
> Happily.
>
> :)
>
> Best of luck,
> CMP
>
> --
>
> Cristobal M. Palmer
> UNC-CH SILS Student
> cristobalpalmer at gmail.com
> cmpalmer at ils.unc.edu
> ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer
> "Television-free since 2003"
>