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On 2/28/07, dan moylan <jdm at moylan.info> wrote:
> vlc looks interesting, will try it next, but how can it
> not use some sort of decoder?

It does, but it uses it's own implementations which are superior and
legal (legal windows codecs).

> i'm just getting over the challenge of installing FC6 and
> trying to get adjusted to the kde desktop environment,
> which i've been avoiding for years.  ubuntu is another
> challenge for another day.

YMMV, but most would say Ubuntu is an easier to install and maintain
due to their LiveCD installer and political decision to include
controversial packages such as the codecs and binary drivers,
respectively...
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Kristian Hermansen

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