Re: Suse Gone Mad?
From: Karen (karensw_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 04/07/05
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Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 23:25:58 -0700
On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:43:32 -0400, Gonzalo wrote:
> houghi wrote:
>
>> http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=3851
<snip>
> **Final thoughts...**
>
> SUSE 9.3 has the potential to be a serious contender on the desktop, but
> sadly I cannot recommend this release to anyone looking for a
> well-balanced desktop Linux system. While they score points for making use
> of the latest and greatest desktop environments, new peripheral
> technology, and usability enhancements, the way they've crippled the
> multimedia functionality of this one-time world class distro is hard to
> ignore. Most of the people buying this will realize that they can no
> longer listen to 99% of their music. [...] Sure, in a perfect world,
> everyone would be using OGGs, but we don't live in a perfect world. This
> is a flaw that might seem trivial, but in fact it's a huge issue.
Why did you stop quoting there? There's more:
UPDATE!! 2005/04/06
Many people were upset over the comments I made about the lack of
system-wide MP3 support in SUSE LINUX 9.3 and I would like to clarify the
issue with MP3 support. Since the writing of this review, SUSE has made
multimedia updates available for the 9.3 release allowing full control
back to the end user. DVD playback is still not supported, and that was to
be expected. No worries there.
<snip>
After installing their updates, full multimedia capability was restored to
the distro. It is for this reason, and for the ease of installing these
updates, that I am boosting the overall score of my review.
<snip>
It sounds like a non-issue now.
Karen
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