help, (Fedora 8 is no longer supported)

Michal michal at ionic.co.uk
Thu Jan 28 17:16:21 UTC 2010


> perhaps his system won't allow him to run anything later than FC8. 
> Perhaps his system is running an Intel Video chipset that won't come up
> with the stupid new Intel video drivers and Xorg (I know from experience
> as I have a system that is in that *exact* state and no amount of google
> searching has been able to offer a solution (and I'm talking hours and
> days of searching)).
> 
> Essentially, my point being that answering that FC8 is no longer
> supported doesn't address the problem.  Granted, the original subject
> line was lacking but telling somebody to update to later Fedora versions
> is not an answer that can be achieved in some cases.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> KM

Considering they asked "how do I install media players", it would be
safe to make an assumption that they are not very technical. Could be
wrong, but it's safe to make that assumption


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