Feedback: FC8 Crashes, UI problems, etc.

[Rex Dieter]

Gleb Litvjak wrote:

>> 4. Get RedHat to get a clue to the fact that MP3 is the
>> de facto standard and to allow easy access to PLAYBACK
>> capabilities.  There's nothing illegal about me playing
>> my purchased MP3, my BeOS (BladeEnc) ripped music, etc.
>> on my Linux box.
 
> That is a redhat problem, which other distros lack.

Not illegal for you to play, but pretty much illegal to distribute without
playing patent royalties.

> > On a kubuntu box all 
> you have to do is install libxine1-extracodecs and tunepimp5-mp3 (for
> MusicBrainz lookup) - and viola! MP3 works.

And on fedora, the equivalent is to install amarok-extras-nonfree from
rpm.livna.org.

-- Rex