Fedora 17 Upgrade...FINALLY!

[Eddie O'Connor]

I after with you....and I "take back" all that I've said!...Fedora is to
me....PERFECT!...and I Will overlook any perceived shortcomings from now
on....
On Aug 7, 2012 6:33 AM, "Tim" <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 00:38 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> >
> > Ok so FINALLY I've gone ahead and gotten my laptop upgraded to Fedora
> > 17! But I now am trying to play .mp4 / .flv/ .avi movies on it and
> > getting an error message telling me that there are plugins missing. I
> > also get error messages when I try to play mp3's. Even though I get
> > system sounds. Is there something I've missed?  I've followed most of
> > the online forums which recommed installing something called RPM
> > Fusion, but when I did that and then tried the Movie Player again I
> > got the same window now telling me that there's an ASF demuxer
> > missing........(sigh!) why couldn't the building of these distros have
> > included this stuff?
>
> I'd say what you've "missed" is the philosophy of this particular
> distribution, of being free from various legal encumbrances.
>
> Yes, you can add other things to do what you want, but you're going to
> have to manage that, yourself, potentially breaking the law.  And that's
> why Fedora doesn't include them.
>
> The alternative is to go for another distribution, which either doesn't
> care about breaking laws, or has made some form of arrangement that
> makes it legal (they've sought permission to use proprietary stuff, or
> paid for the rights, or have set themselves up somewhere where such laws
> don't apply to them - but may still apply to you, et cetera).
>
> Most distros have a certain ethos to them, and it's easier to go with
> one that's already what you want, rather than trying to change its
> nature.  It's not impossible, just easier.
>
> --
> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
>
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>
>
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