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[Net Llama!]

On 01/01/03 12:56, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> begin  "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org>
> (Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:53:30 -0800)
> the machine name that I typed in was maintained after install...  The
> biggest annoyance was just how difficult it was to configure printing.  I
> had a very difficult time encouraging other tech-newbies to use Red Hat
> because there didn't seem to be a good way to admin the printing
> subsystem.  Sure, I can create printcap files in VI, but they can't

I'll admit, i haven't tested printing much recently.  My two primary 
Redhat based desktop boxes are still running the original lprng that 
came with 6.2.  That was a breeze to setup, so perhaps things have 
changed, i dunno.

>> You have to compile MPlayer with libdvdcss support in order for it to be
>> 
>> capable of playing DVDs.  THe same is true for Xine.
> 
> I'll check it.  They wouldn't be able to ship libdvdcss, but if the
> MPlayer packager cared enough, he might have compiled it with the
> libraries and then just not ship them.  Xine looks for the libraries at
> runtime meaning that they may or may not be there and it will load and
> work.  Does that make sense.

The "MPlayer packager" (if you mean the folks who write it) never 
provides binaries for the reasons i've elaborated on earlier.

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