So THATS how it all started. Red Team, Blue Team. Humans versus Machines...we are all doomed! Or maybe I should unplug from the matrix hype once in awhile.
Sad. This was my only question. I am looking for a MP3 Playing-Device that connects to my Linux Box as a mountable share. Everything else (third party software, alpha OS-Projects) is crap. Can it be that hard to build a device wich serves as an external disk?? I dont get it. (Same problem with cams btw.) Personally I think Ill spend the extra money for a well supported Ipod.
Its actually not even a shame its a catastrophe since I wanted to build a movietank out of this but the DVD-Performance is really too bad if you do the harddecoding way. Looks like I will stick with my ps2 for watching dvds for a while then.
I tend to convert some of my friends to linux from time to time. I do so by handing a copy of Slackware to them and the Slackware Linux Essentials Book.
I have to admit these people arent total PC newbies, they actually like PCs and are willing to learn. But these people seem to be quite comfi with their new OS. The biggest plus for them is to get rid of all "Purchase this now" Buttons or Spam Messages on ICQ. Its that simple. What else do I do to help my fellow newbies on the block? I tell them wich apps work best for them (as seen from a Windows perspective). Usually they are set with these:
I dont think we should stretch too far to resemble WIndows. First of all Windows isnt coherent in any way and users dont mind. Compare Win95 with WinXP or even Win2k. There are huge differences GUI-wise. But people adapt to it just by USING it. If you can convince someone to actually use their installed Linux rather than rebooting and getting the task done using windows they learn quickly. Gnome and KDE are good enough for daily business and its a nice challenge for the newbie to fiddle with a console. Everyone else can freely stick with Windows. Bottomline: We shouldnt target PC Newbies, but PC Users who have fun using computers. Thats what Linux is about in my perceiption. From my daily experience the first two pluses Windows-Switchers realize are: "Hey, I can configure my Desktop even more the way I want it too. This looks cool, and that...wohoo!" "I need program X, where do I get it...wait a minute...its already installed...!"
I must admit i feel the same. The first ones were better in all aspects. Hell, even the effects were better. Episode 2 was probably the worst movie i ever watched in a cinema. Cant believe I flew over to NYC to see the premiere. I mean, from GERMANY!!! Stupid me!
I mean, come on, its just the same old story: "I want a fancy 21" TFT for xmas but my company is saving money. So, maybe if I play the cutie girl I might get one, since Im oh sooo bad in 3D environments...*blink, blink*"
but my latin years are some time ago. Might pretty well be wrong. But i looked it up some time ago and thought it should work out. And after all, its just for fun;-)
Ok, you may be right. But isnt it just renaming and repackaging? My Mom hated her old "PC" when it was a beige box with cablechaos collecting dust under her desk.
Now shes got a cute lil Mini-ITX Box and a TFT and she wouldnt trade it in anytime soon (If only I could get her to use Linux but when I first installed it I was only familiar with Windows and now she wont climb the learning curve...*sigh*).
Probably a Mac or an Amiga were the right way to go after all. An enduser focused Computer in a neat little box. But since it all boils down to a definition of where the PC ends and the PDA starts (check this out for a cute, old borderliner) I dont really think this is a real topic of discussion but rather a marketing issue...
This was the way i understood it as well. But even if you dont use the proprierty DLLs you can play most of the common movie files, including wmf if I remember it right (Didnt look into the file though, maybe it was just a file with a wmf-extension). If they would include the player without any closed libs or potential copyright conflicting source they could add a huge benefit to their distributions. Especially if they would include plugins such as plugger.
looks like i was waay too nervous while trying to make a firstpost. Of course youre right, Mplayer rocks, and it resides on my Mediahub at home. Maybe someone could explain to me why it isnt included in most distributions yet? I once read about licensing issues but still dont fully understand.
I agree. But I disagree on the GUI part. Not everyone wants to use one, sure. But with the latest XFree86 and KDE Slack is more than ready for primtetime. Personally I must say that with dropline-gnome there is probably the best (and easiest to maintain) GUI available I have seen for a Linux Desktop so far...check it out!
Slashdot Mirror
this crap is paying out...
Ouch! Yeh, Gator was the name...monday morning. ;-/
Gecko was involved in another lizard-related piece of software...got my synapses wrong! Embarassing!
Argh! Whenever I read Gecko I feel an instant itch to fire up Regedit...
When will they finally bring SW on stage? The Soundtrack is great already. I want that now.
So THATS how it all started. Red Team, Blue Team. Humans versus Machines...we are all doomed!
Or maybe I should unplug from the matrix hype once in awhile.
Personally id say: Munich is the greatest City in Germany ;-)
Just to start a little Flamewar with all the other Germans around here...
It looks neat and claims to be mountable as a external storage device:
Thomson Lyra PDP2820
its ugly ;-) But thanks for the hint anyways...
Sad. This was my only question. I am looking for a MP3 Playing-Device that connects to my Linux Box as a mountable share. Everything else (third party software, alpha OS-Projects) is crap. Can it be that hard to build a device wich serves as an external disk?? I dont get it. (Same problem with cams btw.) Personally I think Ill spend the extra money for a well supported Ipod.
cu,
Lispy
- Rubics Cube
- Bubble Booble
- Doom
- DarkAges
Or maybe he got confused in this discussion?
in munich is called barcode.
Its actually not even a shame its a catastrophe since I wanted to build a movietank out of this but the DVD-Performance is really too bad if you do the harddecoding way. Looks like I will stick with my ps2 for watching dvds for a while then.
I tend to convert some of my friends to linux from time to time. I do so by handing a copy of Slackware to them and the Slackware Linux Essentials Book.
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I have to admit these people arent total PC newbies, they actually like PCs and are willing to learn. But these people seem to be quite comfi with their new OS. The biggest plus for them is to get rid of all "Purchase this now" Buttons or Spam Messages on ICQ. Its that simple. What else do I do to help my fellow newbies on the block? I tell them wich apps work best for them (as seen from a Windows perspective).
Usually they are set with these:
-OpenOffice
-XMMS
-gaim
-gFTP
-Mozilla
-Ev
-k3b
-The Gimp
-MPlayer
-Some kind of pron-collection Viewer
I dont think we should stretch too far to resemble WIndows. First of all Windows isnt coherent in any way and users dont mind. Compare Win95 with WinXP or even Win2k. There are huge differences GUI-wise. But people adapt to it just by USING it. If you can convince someone to actually use their installed Linux rather than rebooting and getting the task done using windows they learn quickly. Gnome and KDE are good enough for daily business and its a nice challenge for the newbie to fiddle with a console. Everyone else can freely stick with Windows.
Bottomline: We shouldnt target PC Newbies, but PC Users who have fun using computers. Thats what Linux is about in my perceiption. From my daily experience the first two pluses Windows-Switchers realize are:
"Hey, I can configure my Desktop even more the way I want it too. This looks cool, and that...wohoo!"
"I need program X, where do I get it...wait a minute...its already installed...!"
Just my 20cents.
cu,
Lispy
I must admit i feel the same. The first ones were better in all aspects. Hell, even the effects were better. Episode 2 was probably the worst movie i ever watched in a cinema. Cant believe I flew over to NYC to see the premiere. I mean, from GERMANY!!! Stupid me!
I mean, come on, its just the same old story:
"I want a fancy 21" TFT for xmas but my company is saving money. So, maybe if I play the cutie girl I might get one, since Im oh sooo bad in 3D environments...*blink, blink*"
cu,
Lispy
but my latin years are some time ago. Might pretty well be wrong. But i looked it up some time ago and thought it should work out. And after all, its just for fun ;-)
Rofl...man, this was fun! ;-)
What exactly have you been smoking?
Ok, you may be right. But isnt it just renaming and repackaging? My Mom hated her old "PC" when it was a beige box with cablechaos collecting dust under her desk.
Now shes got a cute lil Mini-ITX Box and a TFT and she wouldnt trade it in anytime soon (If only I could get her to use Linux but when I first installed it I was only familiar with Windows and now she wont climb the learning curve...*sigh*).
Probably a Mac or an Amiga were the right way to go after all. An enduser focused Computer in a neat little box. But since it all boils down to a definition of where the PC ends and the PDA starts (check this out for a cute, old borderliner) I dont really think this is a real topic of discussion but rather a marketing issue...
Come on...i would never...would I?
This was the way i understood it as well. But even if you dont use the proprierty DLLs you can play most of the common movie files, including wmf if I remember it right (Didnt look into the file though, maybe it was just a file with a wmf-extension). If they would include the player without any closed libs or potential copyright conflicting source they could add a huge benefit to their distributions. Especially if they would include plugins such as plugger.
looks like i was waay too nervous while trying to make a firstpost. Of course youre right, Mplayer rocks, and it resides on my Mediahub at home. Maybe someone could explain to me why it isnt included in most distributions yet? I once read about licensing issues but still dont fully understand.
cu,
Lispy
MPlayer is very promising though controverse project. Lets see what it all boils down too after the reconstruction...I use it and like it.
I agree. But I disagree on the GUI part. Not everyone wants to use one, sure. But with the latest XFree86 and KDE Slack is more than ready for primtetime. Personally I must say that with dropline-gnome there is probably the best (and easiest to maintain) GUI available I have seen for a Linux Desktop so far...check it out!
cu,
Lispy