With the unexpected Linux move to Russia, most people haven't noticed that Linus has also started the next series of hacker kernels. Detailed information on the usual sites... Can you think of any other news that match this special day?:-)
1) Isn't there a MOV player by QuickTime for Linux? IIRC, xanim comes with a lot of binaries for some codecs as distribution of source code is not allowed. Unfortunately, (trailer) video files tend to use the latest codecs... 2) Is there a MOV2MPG converter (for any platform)? I dislike MOV not only for being proprietary, the player also doesn't make use of the special video capabilities of my graphics adapter, which is quite important on my old system!
It's nice giving credit to anyone who deserves it - and by now, there must be quite a lot of folks who contributed to OSS -, but "Linux" is an established name, it even appears in mainstream media. So, with all the different GNU software out there, the OS had to be called GNU operating system, because simply GNU is not enough to determine that one is talking about the operating system part. But GNU operating system is too long. Linux is short, established and has this Unix-like sound in it. Let's just keep it! Most people on this planet have no idea what's behind all this and they probably never will, but they might be able to make the Linux=operating system association if we stick to the name, like anyone on the street (well, almost) knows that Windows is computer software. It's become common knowledge, one day the same should be the case for Linux!
With all the merits RMS has, forcing anyone to call Linux "GNU Linux" or otherwise ignoring this person is simply
1) impolite
2) childish and
3) counter-productive for the OSS community.
If I'd be treated this way by him I'd simply walk away. I can expect a certain measure of respect from anyone I'm talking to. Maybe more communicative people should do the public relations for OSS projects!
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With the unexpected Linux move to Russia, most people haven't noticed that Linus has also started the next series of hacker kernels. Detailed information on the usual sites... Can you think of any other news that match this special day? :-)
1) Isn't there a MOV player by QuickTime for Linux? IIRC, xanim comes with a lot of binaries for some codecs as distribution of source code is not allowed. Unfortunately, (trailer) video files tend to use the latest codecs...
2) Is there a MOV2MPG converter (for any platform)? I dislike MOV not only for being proprietary, the player also doesn't make use of the special video capabilities of my graphics adapter, which is quite important on my old system!
It's nice giving credit to anyone who deserves it - and by now, there must be quite a lot of folks who contributed to OSS -, but "Linux" is an established name, it even appears in mainstream media. So, with all the different GNU software out there, the OS had to be called GNU operating system, because simply GNU is not enough to determine that one is talking about the operating system part. But GNU operating system is too long. Linux is short, established and has this Unix-like sound in it. Let's just keep it! Most people on this planet have no idea what's behind all this and they probably never will, but they might be able to make the Linux=operating system association if we stick to the name, like anyone on the street (well, almost) knows that Windows is computer software. It's become common knowledge, one day the same should be the case for Linux!
With all the merits RMS has, forcing anyone to call Linux "GNU Linux" or otherwise ignoring this person is simply
1) impolite
2) childish and
3) counter-productive for the OSS community.
If I'd be treated this way by him I'd simply walk away. I can expect a certain measure of respect from anyone I'm talking to. Maybe more communicative people should do the public relations for OSS projects!