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Re: [gNewSense-users] Free codecs metapackage
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Matthew Flaschen |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] Free codecs metapackage |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:21:41 -0400 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070306) |
Dylan Knight Rogers wrote:
> I think it would be a good idea for new users to be able to use
> Synaptic or apt to install the plethora of free codec software
> available. Thus, we may need to create a metapackage of all of these
> codecs, or perhaps create a page on the wiki that provides a list of
> all the packages you would need to apt-get install to provide maximum
> multimedia interoperability within gNewSense.
>
> Does anybody else agree?
I thought all the free and patent-safe codecs (with the possible
exception of FLAC) were installed with the base system. Can you think
of any that aren't?
Matt Flaschen