KDE RedHat project

Thorsten Leemhuis fedora at leemhuis.info
Thu Aug 18 11:01:10 UTC 2005


Am Donnerstag, den 18.08.2005, 11:42 +0100 schrieb Paul F. Johnon:
> > Someone pointed out that xine-lib (non-free) was missing and I commented
> > that this may not be an issue for newer versions of KDE (in Fedora)
> > because it looks like KDE will be moving to gstreamer.
> 
> And if FC keeps up with this (almost) insane blocking of the likes of
> libdvd and mp3, they'll be as pointless as totem currently is.
> 
> Would it be an idea for the likes of the packages FC cannot include in
> the US to be available in countries where they are allowed, but have it
> so US people can block them? At least that way, when I (in the UK)
> install FC, I don't have to go on a hunt for xmms-mp3 and then use
> freshrpms for xine.

I would prefer something like:
"Hey, get this super cool Fedora Add-on-CD with Non-Free-Packages from
livna.org -- just put it in your drive after installing Fedora and all
important Non-Free-Software is going to be installed". 

> It's a real ache to have to go hunting, especially when the likes of
> SuSE and Mandriva don't put that sort of stopper on things.

In Suse 9.3 only real-player is able to play MP3 -- you have to hunt for
MP3-Support in other Apps (totem, KDE,...) there, too. (Yes, I know,
they provide it on their own website -- but installing it is not more
complicated than "rpm -ivh livna-release-1.2.3.rpm" and "yum install
xmms-mp3 xine mplayer" [or similar commands for other Repos]). 

CU
thl






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