If you are on windows and have decent ram you can try the mono vmware image. It boots opensuse desktop and has mono and monodevelop ready to go.
go here:
http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html
Click on the vmware image.
I honestly dont understand what the big issue about multimedia in linux is ? I haven't found any significant issues with Suse on the multimedia side they package pretty much everything in their DVD. The only thing missing was w32codecs and libdvdcss wich i installed using synaptic. Any other multimedia package you can install from the DVDs. In windows you would have to download or buy them all. Further more i have service menus installed on KDE to convert media from one format to another just by right clicking on the files.
I've had tremendous problems finding free multimedia apps for Windows though. Where can i find free apps like K3b,Ardour,audacity,TerminatorX,Linux multimedia studio,K9copy,Avidemux,Diva. The ones on windows are either expensive or are nowhere near as featureful.
I use mkdvd that with just 1 command will convert any movie that mplayer can play into a DVD ISO image or burn it directly to a DVD.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/mkdvd/
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You can also try the live CD for opensuse its available in the download section http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html
If you are on windows and have decent ram you can try the mono vmware image. It boots opensuse desktop and has mono and monodevelop ready to go. go here: http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html Click on the vmware image.
I honestly dont understand what the big issue about multimedia in linux is ?
I haven't found any significant issues with Suse on the multimedia side they package pretty much everything in their DVD. The only thing missing was w32codecs and libdvdcss wich i installed using synaptic. Any other multimedia package you can install from the DVDs. In windows you would have to download or buy them all. Further more i have service menus installed on KDE to convert media from one format to another just by right clicking on the files.
I've had tremendous problems finding free multimedia apps for Windows though. Where can i find free apps like K3b,Ardour,audacity,TerminatorX,Linux multimedia studio,K9copy,Avidemux,Diva. The ones on windows are either expensive or are nowhere near as featureful.
I use mkdvd that with just 1 command will convert any movie that mplayer can play into a DVD ISO image or burn it directly to a DVD. http://freshmeat.net/projects/mkdvd/