I have one player for everything under linux... mplayer. Every file i've tried has worked so far.
It uses external libraries and codecs just like your player. If you don't like the horrible interface there are frontends for both mplayer and xine available, you can change the priority for any program you want (if you have root access, although its a security risk, still safer than running windows). You can even install a plugin to get mplayer working from your web browser.
Games may be lacking but playing media files is one thing that i actually find easier in linux than windows... i don't even have to install the codecs, since they get updated automatically whenever new versions come out.
I disagree. A lot of people are buying GTA:VC because it gives you the freedom to do pretty much whatever you want, same with the Sims. When most single player games are extremely linear, filled with cinematics and trying to be more like movies than games its great to see something original.
Of course when there's billions of expansion packs(the sims)/sequels(gta) coming out, the whole franchise goes down the toilet.
This is often one of the primary reasons (if not the single primary reason) people give up on Debian and never bother to try it again.
I've also seen people giving up on Linux in general thanks to Debian fanatics. In linux support channels composed mostly of debian users when the response to a question isn't "RTFM" it's "install debian"
The debian install process was short for me because it crashed halfway through (during x setup i beleive).
I had similar problems with gentoo (i screwed up the kernel and couldn't boot into the system). The great documentation and the livecd which basically gives you a bootable rescue disc helped me get through the problems.
Emerge can upgrade packages without having to uninstall them first, sometimes it even keeps the older package around (gtk1.2 and 1.4 for example can be installed side by side with no problems).
#debian <newbie> im having trouble with ___ <debianfanboy1> RTFM <debianfanboy2> since i'm a virgin and obviously more l33t than you, i can treat you without respect <debianfanboy3> i like to rant like an idiot about the horrors of patents, the legal system and large software corporations
I started hating java because it was this amazing, mysterious technology that would change our lives forever... until i my browser had to load a java applet for the first time ever.
It was sloooooowwwww.
They said a java program could run on any platform... they didn't mention you needed a vm and the code was bytecompiled, not native. Slooooooow.
They said it was unlike c++ which wasn't a pure oo language. Then i found out java has things like integers and floats that aren't objects. It's a hybrid that manages to remove the practical aspects of a hybrid language.
Not only is it not free, it isn't even standard.
Everything about it seems unnecesarily complicated. Just to download the api docs you have to go through a bunch of lame tasks at sun's website.
Just take a look at the different window managers/desktop environments... some are clones (windowmaker), some are heavily based on other uis (gnome/kde), but some are very original (fluxbox, treewm, enlightenment, ratpoison, ion, papuawm).
Irssi (an irc client) is very innovative imo. I've never used any irc client that is as easy to customize. AFAIK it's also the first to use perl as a scripting language instead of having its own strange language like other irc clients do.
The various package management systems seem innovative to me (except for those based on bsd's ports of course). I've found its much easier to install software using debian's apt or gentoo's emerge than using the installation programs for windows apps.
Whenever the topic of fonts comes up, I always see people complain that linux doesn't have good font support.
The set of fonts that comes with tetex is amazing yet nobody has made a good conversion to use under X (the fonts have a weird encoding that doesn't work well under anything other than tex/latex).
I disagree, i've seen some newbie questions asked in the gentoo forums, the people who answer are always polite.
I've gotten the impression that when someone asks a question in #linux on a random network its usually the debian users who answer in an elitist tone (I'm not saying all debian users are that way, maybe its just the assholes that go on irc).
The macs have always been overpriced computers, with both the hardware and the software controlled by a single company. Thats why nobody except for graphic designers bought them.
I have one movie on divx, gangs of new york. I saw it in the theatres and im planning to buy the dvd whenever it comes out.
I also have a bunch of quake3 demos and other random videos legally available online.
Now, about 90% of the divx files i have are anime that hasn't been released/licensed in north america (and i have been buying the dvds as they come out).
I've only bought the dvds because i had the divx files. Who would buy an 8 dvd boxed set without having a clue about what you're buying.
With gentoo, it took about two days on my 600mhz athlon. This was without mozilla, qt or kde (i used the phoenix binary, gtk and part of gnome). Compiling those three later on took a REAAAAALLLY long time (im estimating it was around 16 hours).
Of course, i had lots of functionality that doesn't come with windows, the gimp for image editing, lots of programming tools (perl, python, ruby, tcl, etc).
The xbox cpu is mostly 32-bit (i believe it does some things in 64 and 128 bit *shrug*), while the ps2 cpu is 128 bit.
The polygon counts on the xbox and ps2 are based on raw polygons, while on the gamecube they're based on textured polygons.
The most important technology of the ps2 is the backwards compatibility with psx games. Thats the reason people went out and got one instead of waiting for good games to come out. It also gives the ps2 a huge number of combined games.
The GTA series isn't popular because of its violence. There are many games with as much or more violence than gta. The game is popular because it offers such a sense of freedom, you can go anywhere you want, steal anything you want, kill anyone you want.
The gamepley is extremely different from that of most games coming out now, which focus either on emulating reality (sports games, counter strike, socom, splinter cell) or emulating a movie (any console "rpg", the getaway).
So if you want a non-linear game, with lots of world exploration its either gta or nethack;o
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I have one player for everything under linux... mplayer. Every file i've tried has worked so far.
It uses external libraries and codecs just like your player. If you don't like the horrible interface there are frontends for both mplayer and xine available, you can change the priority for any program you want (if you have root access, although its a security risk, still safer than running windows). You can even install a plugin to get mplayer working from your web browser.
Games may be lacking but playing media files is one thing that i actually find easier in linux than windows... i don't even have to install the codecs, since they get updated automatically whenever new versions come out.
I disagree. A lot of people are buying GTA:VC because it gives you the freedom to do pretty much whatever you want, same with the Sims. When most single player games are extremely linear, filled with cinematics and trying to be more like movies than games its great to see something original.
Of course when there's billions of expansion packs(the sims)/sequels(gta) coming out, the whole franchise goes down the toilet.
This is often one of the primary reasons (if not the single primary reason) people give up on Debian and never bother to try it again.
I've also seen people giving up on Linux in general thanks to Debian fanatics. In linux support channels composed mostly of debian users when the response to a question isn't "RTFM" it's "install debian"
This site has lyrics and lets people post comments on what they mean. I'm not sure about the popups since my browser kills them.
The debian install process was short for me because it crashed halfway through (during x setup i beleive).
I had similar problems with gentoo (i screwed up the kernel and couldn't boot into the system). The great documentation and the livecd which basically gives you a bootable rescue disc helped me get through the problems.
Emerge can upgrade packages without having to uninstall them first, sometimes it even keeps the older package around (gtk1.2 and 1.4 for example can be installed side by side with no problems).
Sure...
#debian
<newbie> im having trouble with ___
<debianfanboy1> RTFM
<debianfanboy2> since i'm a virgin and obviously more l33t than you, i can treat you without respect
<debianfanboy3> i like to rant like an idiot about the horrors of patents, the legal system and large software corporations
I started hating java because it was this amazing, mysterious technology that would change our lives forever... until i my browser had to load a java applet for the first time ever.
It was sloooooowwwww.
They said a java program could run on any platform... they didn't mention you needed a vm and the code was bytecompiled, not native. Slooooooow.
They said it was unlike c++ which wasn't a pure oo language. Then i found out java has things like integers and floats that aren't objects. It's a hybrid that manages to remove the practical aspects of a hybrid language.
Not only is it not free, it isn't even standard.
Everything about it seems unnecesarily complicated. Just to download the api docs you have to go through a bunch of lame tasks at sun's website.
Phoenix uses native widgets (gtk2 on linux).
At least here on /. it looks like the mozilla bug is being covered up.
explore.exe never crashed on me when i was using windows 3.1
Just take a look at the different window managers/desktop environments... some are clones (windowmaker), some are heavily based on other uis (gnome/kde), but some are very original (fluxbox, treewm, enlightenment, ratpoison, ion, papuawm).
Irssi (an irc client) is very innovative imo. I've never used any irc client that is as easy to customize. AFAIK it's also the first to use perl as a scripting language instead of having its own strange language like other irc clients do.
The various package management systems seem innovative to me (except for those based on bsd's ports of course). I've found its much easier to install software using debian's apt or gentoo's emerge than using the installation programs for windows apps.
I was looking for a list of movies i shouldn't watch under any circumstance.
Calling your customers thieves is also a good way to make more money.
Whenever the topic of fonts comes up, I always see people complain that linux doesn't have good font support.
The set of fonts that comes with tetex is amazing yet nobody has made a good conversion to use under X (the fonts have a weird encoding that doesn't work well under anything other than tex/latex).
I disagree, i've seen some newbie questions asked in the gentoo forums, the people who answer are always polite.
I've gotten the impression that when someone asks a question in #linux on a random network its usually the debian users who answer in an elitist tone (I'm not saying all debian users are that way, maybe its just the assholes that go on irc).
The macs have always been overpriced computers, with both the hardware and the software controlled by a single company. Thats why nobody except for graphic designers bought them.
Yeah, but it hasn't taken off because flash can do a lot of the stuff java would do on a typical web page and it isn't increadibly slow!
I have one movie on divx, gangs of new york. I saw it in the theatres and im planning to buy the dvd whenever it comes out.
I also have a bunch of quake3 demos and other random videos legally available online.
Now, about 90% of the divx files i have are anime that hasn't been released/licensed in north america (and i have been buying the dvds as they come out).
I've only bought the dvds because i had the divx files. Who would buy an 8 dvd boxed set without having a clue about what you're buying.
Hehe, i can picture nintendo releasing a GB-XP next year fixing the problems with the sp.
With gentoo, it took about two days on my 600mhz athlon. This was without mozilla, qt or kde (i used the phoenix binary, gtk and part of gnome). Compiling those three later on took a REAAAAALLLY long time (im estimating it was around 16 hours).
Of course, i had lots of functionality that doesn't come with windows, the gimp for image editing, lots of programming tools (perl, python, ruby, tcl, etc).
The xbox cpu is mostly 32-bit (i believe it does some things in 64 and 128 bit *shrug*), while the ps2 cpu is 128 bit.
The polygon counts on the xbox and ps2 are based on raw polygons, while on the gamecube they're based on textured polygons.
The most important technology of the ps2 is the backwards compatibility with psx games. Thats the reason people went out and got one instead of waiting for good games to come out. It also gives the ps2 a huge number of combined games.
btw, recommendations on arcade style sports games (rather than simulation) on the ps2 would be appreciated
The GTA series isn't popular because of its violence. There are many games with as much or more violence than gta. The game is popular because it offers such a sense of freedom, you can go anywhere you want, steal anything you want, kill anyone you want.
;o
The gamepley is extremely different from that of most games coming out now, which focus either on emulating reality (sports games, counter strike, socom, splinter cell) or emulating a movie (any console "rpg", the getaway).
So if you want a non-linear game, with lots of world exploration its either gta or nethack
So if you are a 30 year old virgin, rejoice, and join Mensa!
Or if you have a high IQ you should be pissed off/depressed.
1) you: hi
2) she: hi
3) you: ?!?!??!!?
4) SEX