[CS-FSLUG] Another SUSE complaint

[Nathan T.]

On 10/15/05, .mash <re.mash at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nathan
>
> Can I ask why you don't want to just add third party apps/codecs to
> the free downloaded edition. I have never used SuSe but I am sure it can
> only take a couple of minutes. If you want to save money then just add
> what you need to the free edition.


I would if it were easier, it's day 2 and I'm still trying to fix the
crippled multimedia support.
Video support is working now, but I can't get proper mp3 support without
some "libmad.so.0" package or something of the sort. No matter where I look
for that rpm I can't find anything but the source code which I would then
have to make into an RPM, and that in itself takes quite a bit of time to do
properly.

I personally use XMMS for mp3's and VLC/Mplayer for any video/dvd
> All i needed was the codec pack from Mplayer and libdvdcss.


I installed the entire MPlayer package from
packman.links2linux.org<http://packman.links2linux.org>and the later
ran Yast. Upon starting the package management portion of YaST
I was prompted about what to do about the broken "libmad.so.0" dependency
MPlayer had and knowing full well that such an rpm would have to be built
manually I simply allowed Yast to remove the MPlayer package. All the Video
support I needed I already had in the packman xine and w32 codecs packages.

I don't quite understand this "Out of the box" argument.


If the distribution has good multimedia support from time time of
installation then I don't have to spend two or three days tracking down all
the rpms I need to fix it.

Personally I like the fact there is a little bit of a learning curb with
> Linux,
> I think it teaches you to use the distribution rather then just play with
> it.
> Once you start learning a little of whats under the hood you realize that
> this
> is more then just an OS but a fantastic tool. I have learnt the fire
> and brimstone
> method with Debian and I would recommend learning your favourite distro
> as it is incredibly rewarding.


I tried learning Slackware and then spent time building packages for Ark
Linux, personally there's too much documentation out there which assumes a
solid background to make it even slightly easy.
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