[Gloucs] Andy's rant.

[Nic Barry]

On Sunday 22 Nov 2009 15:53:54 John Kilgour wrote:
> openSUSE 11.1 and 11.2 happily run the BBC iPlayer and Channel 4 on demand.
>  It does need the Packman repository enabled however.
> 
> On Sunday 22 November 2009, Maximillian Murphy wrote:
> > På Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:48:49 +0000 skrive
> >
> > Geoff Bagley <geoff.bagley at btinternet.com>:
> > > However, I now  have a resulting  problem.
> > > My son Chris is very happy surfing on Lenny,  but wants to be able to
> > > do lots of things that I am not geared up for !
> > >
> > > He  has a Kodak digital camera that is NOT Linux friendly -  (no
> > > problems with my Canon).
> > > He also wants to use YouTube and also to download stuff from various
> > > Linux-unfriendly sites.
> >
> > I don't know about the camera but wherever gnash fails Adobe flash works
> > fine for me.  For 32-bit the standard Adobe download page is the place to
> > look.  I'm on x86-64.  64-bit flash player isn't on the standard Adobe
> > download page but is available from here:
> > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html
> >
> > I suppose more details on the camera unfriendliness might crack the
> > problem.  I don't get through a lot of cameras but I have yet to come
> > across one that I can't mount as a filesystem.
> >
> > > He is talking about getting his own Windows Laptop (grrrrr).
> >
> > When my youngest sister went to university I got her a laptop with Linux
> > installed.  She made similar mutterings as she thought I was merely a
> > one-off Linux nut.  When she got there she mentioned this to one of her
> > housemates who replied that if she installed windows he might not be
> > answerable for his own actions.  He said he might be found prowling
> > around the house at night with an axe looking for the offending machine. 
> > She has now converted not only herself but a number of art history
> > classmates as well after a session where Powerpoint failed for a number
> > of them and the FOSS equivalent ran without trouble.  Extended battery
> > life on Linux seems to be a big winner too!
> >
> > > The best I can hope for is dual-boot.
> >
> > Nah, send him to university!
> >
> > That said, joking aside lil' sis did get a decent chance to play with
> > both platforms (and Apple, so technically all three platforms) and
> > eventually the best platform won.
> >
> > Regards, Max
> >
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Thankfully, someone else uses SuSE. 11.2 is the way to go.