[Sussex] Moot/Linux CD thoughts

Steven Dobson steve at dobson.org
Mon Aug 21 17:02:20 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 17:14 +0100, John Crowhurst wrote:
> On Mon, August 21, 2006 16:57, Andrew Guard wrote:
> > Saying that there is only really 2 options
> >
> > Xvid
> > Theora
> 
> So what do you think about bundling the Windows version of vlc on the CD?

So long as it is free software and it supports open formats I don't have
a problem with it.

> The pre-Linux user can then watch the movies before starting Linux.
> Perhaps a tutorial on installing and using Linux could follow.

Exactly.

I object to Flash not because it is properity implementation but because
the format is closed and you don't "own" your data in closed formats.

Steve




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