Codecs are a bit of a pain no matter what operating system you use. I think Linux is at a quality point now where we should expect codecs to be a pain free area, of course distro's can't always include every single codec that you might need for legal and disk space reasons and tha's fine, I do however expect a distro to say to me "oh you're missing this codec, would you like to install it now?" then bam its done for me.
In reality that still does not happen, I love to listen to www.talksport.net which always requires a few codecs to play, so far Ubuntu found the codecs I needed and installed them for me, Linux Mint however failed to find it for me as did OpenSuSe, Fedora also found the codecs for me.
I am happy to fiddle with Linux which is half the fun but I want to choose to fiddle not be forced searching google for an hour just go get one radio stream working after pasting 10 lines of code in to the terminal.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Linux Mint Debian (LMDE)
The release of Linux Mint Debian (LMDE) kind of went under the radar but it's quite an interesting plan due to the fact Mint has always been based on Ubuntu which in turn is based on Debian.
I think most people will agree that Mint is a fantastic distribution and when I came to choosing a main distro for myself I was torn between Ubuntu and Mint, but due to my n00b status I loved how many Ubuntu forums/website/help pages were around and as Mint was based on Ubuntu I didn't see the point of using a derivative of the most used Linux desktop so I just stuck with Ubuntu, maybe that is the one flaw in Mint to stop it making it to the big time, it has to follow what Ubuntu does roughly so people just stick with Ubuntu.
Now though we have LMDE which leaves Mint in a position to do whatever the hell they like! so at last some major points might start to differ and make people want to run it as their main OS as it will offer differences over Ubuntu, as it is now most people just see Mint as Ubuntu with codecs, that is a bit harsh but you can see where it comes from.
LMDE still looks and feels just like Mint but now as a rolling update distro it means you won't have to re-install after every new release it will just patch it's way up.
It's great news and I bet after a few years it will replace the standard Mint and LMDE will become the default as they start playing about with their new found freedom!
Great work Mint guys
Linux Mint Debian official blog
I think most people will agree that Mint is a fantastic distribution and when I came to choosing a main distro for myself I was torn between Ubuntu and Mint, but due to my n00b status I loved how many Ubuntu forums/website/help pages were around and as Mint was based on Ubuntu I didn't see the point of using a derivative of the most used Linux desktop so I just stuck with Ubuntu, maybe that is the one flaw in Mint to stop it making it to the big time, it has to follow what Ubuntu does roughly so people just stick with Ubuntu.
Now though we have LMDE which leaves Mint in a position to do whatever the hell they like! so at last some major points might start to differ and make people want to run it as their main OS as it will offer differences over Ubuntu, as it is now most people just see Mint as Ubuntu with codecs, that is a bit harsh but you can see where it comes from.
LMDE still looks and feels just like Mint but now as a rolling update distro it means you won't have to re-install after every new release it will just patch it's way up.
It's great news and I bet after a few years it will replace the standard Mint and LMDE will become the default as they start playing about with their new found freedom!
Great work Mint guys
Linux Mint Debian official blog
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
More spare time
I've stopped playing MMO's for the last few months which means I've suddenly got loads of spare time, so I've decided to learn a programming language.
It has been a pain trying to choose one as they all are the same but all very different. I'd like something open source based so that rules out ASP and .NET etc so it looks like PHP/MYSQL which I'm finding quite tricky to focus on.
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and Bluefish for editing which is very nice I might add.
I'll let you know how I go after a few hours of tutorials from the web.
It has been a pain trying to choose one as they all are the same but all very different. I'd like something open source based so that rules out ASP and .NET etc so it looks like PHP/MYSQL which I'm finding quite tricky to focus on.
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and Bluefish for editing which is very nice I might add.
I'll let you know how I go after a few hours of tutorials from the web.
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