Re: [opensuse] wiki article: Why to use openSUSE

Am Sonntag, 27. April 2008 12:21:41 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
The Sunday 2008-04-27 at 01:26 -0400, Andreas van dem Helge wrote:
What can we do to improve SuSE? Look at the user experience from
Ubuntu. I try to play an MP3 file and with 1 click it will install the
MP3 codec. Opensuse will just take me to a wiki page where I click a
link or two and then it adds packman and installs the package. Too
much of a hassle -- some people don't read and thus could get
frustrated.

Don't dream, that feature will not be added. Novell (lawyers) understands
it is illegal, and that's final. The roundabout 1 click install we have is
the closest thing possible.

For a detailed explanation, browse the archives and the wiki, it has been
explained many, many times.
That's the problem indeed.

Ubuntu is a community only driven project - no company to sue, but Novell is a
big company with money to take.. (and well, I guess there are quite a few
companies which would like to sue Novell).

However they could try to get some sort of legal contract with the Frauenhofer
Institut (cause most people doesn't care about the legal problems - they want
to hear their music..), or at least an agreement that allows them to ship the
codecs. (Who's taking this idea to novell? Someone on the list who's working
in Nürnberg? :) )

Greetings
Michael

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