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From: the wharf rat on 2 Feb 2010 15:18 In article <hk98sd$6n1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >As why not just use a Windows machine alone? Because no one else has such awful problems streaming a podcast?
From: BillW50 on 2 Feb 2010 15:41 In news:hka1b3$1hm$2(a)reader2.panix.com, the wharf rat typed on Tue, 2 Feb 2010 20:18:43 +0000 (UTC): > In article <hk98sd$6n1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> >> As why not just use a Windows machine alone? > > Because no one else has such awful problems streaming a podcast? Xandros has no problems streaming them (it doesn't look pretty, but it works), Ubuntu doesn't like the format in Windows Media format (or any DVD I tried yet) and refuses to play them (even though the first time it said it had to download and install something first). But I also use a stream recorder (really a stream downloader) under Windows and save the files. I never found Linux to do this yet. And anything that does work under Linux, really taxis the CPU compared to Windows. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: the wharf rat on 2 Feb 2010 17:33 In article <hka2m3$q22$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >Ubuntu doesn't like the format in Windows Media format lol. Have you tried mpeg?
From: S. Fishpaste on 2 Feb 2010 20:28 On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:20:42 -0600, BillW50 in comp.sys.laptops wrote: > AJL wrote on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:30:25 -0700: >> "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> >>> downloading another Ubuntu version for like the 4th >>> time in all of these years. I am sure I'll regret it like all of the >>> other times. :-( >> >> This is the first Ubuntu version (9.10) that has worked flawlessly. > > Well apparently for me too. Everything seems to be working except > playing media files and DVDs so far. And this is the Netbook Remix > version. Which is supposed to fit on small screens. Although the default > email application doesn't fit on the screen. So I had to find > Thunderbird and install that for now. You shouldn't use the Netbook remix -- It's old. Just use the regular Ubuntu distribution. That's probably why you don't have all the codecs you need. >> I've not had the nightmares you've had in the past but previous >> versions have always had wireless and display troubles for me. So far >> there has not been one glitch with this version. I've downloaded tens >> of programs and they all have worked. Ubuntu understands NTFS so even >> though it has it's own little partition I can still use the whole >> windows partition for storage. Better than that I can run windows >> programs (like this newsreader) from the windows partition without >> having to move them using Wine. I've lost nothing from my Windows OS >> on the two laptops I've tried this on, but gained thousands of >> available Linux only apps...like OpenOffice.... ;) OOo (open office org) is not a Linux only application! > Sounds good to me. ;-) >
From: S. Fishpaste on 2 Feb 2010 20:24
On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 07:21:15 -0600, BillW50 in comp.sys.laptops wrote: > In news:slrnhm6adk.6mf.SDA(a)laptop.sweetpig.dyndns.org, > S. Fishpaste typed on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:32:20 -0500: >> Do yourself a favour, grab the latest Ubuntu, install it and be a >> happy camper. > > Well this is day 6 of using Ubuntu 9.04. And while it is impressive and > gets a passing grade in almost all categories except for multimedia. > There it fails miserably. Even Xandros plays more media files than > Ubuntu does. Also any Linux is very CPU intensive playing media files. Use a lighter window manager then. Read up on how to play multimedia. I can play anything, including Apple Quicktime. > While it is true that Linux needs less RAM than Windows does. No problem > there. But when it comes to multimedia, Linux needs a far more powerful > CPU than Windows ever did. Even netbooks has a lot of RAM, but low on > CPU power. So even on netbooks it makes more sense to run Windows vs. > Linux. At least if you want to run multimedia too. B$ You simply need to learn how to use it with the proper tools. You can't expect to install soemthing and the next day be the expert. If you prefer Windows, than by all means stick to it. No one is saying you must use Linux. > I listen to about 4 hours of media files a day. So this is very > important to me. Streaming tech and science stuff if you must know. And > it seems crazy to me to run Linux and have a Windows machine running > too, just to play the media files. As why bother running Linux at all? > As why not just use a Windows machine alone? Indeed you should stick with what you know, MSFT Windows. You have to be prepared to use any product for at least a month, daily, in order to have a genuine feel as to it's capabilities, and to get oneself up-to-speed with those.. The fact that many pros use Linux to produce multimedia content notwithstanding. The problem you have is between the chair and the keyboard. |