On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:31:55AM -0400, Scott wrote:
> > Out of boredom, and in part, related to a discussion on Fedora forums, I
> > made a very casual usability test comparing Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 and
> > Mint 9.
>
> Just for the heck of it, I also tried PCLinuxOS' latest LXDE version.
> As expected, it played Quicktime without any issue. It also was much
> better in setting up the printer. I first went to the menu (which I
> suspect is a bit sparser in the LXDE version) and in printing, there was
> an option for HP setup. This worked.
Good points Jeff--in the early morning, I accidently deleted your email,
rather than hitting reply--this is mutt, which doesn't let me get it
back. As for Prague and Poland they're both 6 letter words beginning
with P and both in Europe, just like New York and Nebraska, basically
the same thing. :)
It isn't the lack of codecs begin available out of the box that I
consider a really weak point. Ubuntu's manner of handling it is
excellent, saying you need these, they're not free, do you want to do
it. If it actually worked after doing it, it would, of course, be
better, but as you mention, the whole pesky legal thing probably makes
it necessary to use totem instead of mplayer or vlc.
I actually consider the printer issue to be more serious. The
theoretical LCD user sees that their printer is installed with a driver.
Now, in MS and Apple, that means it works. In this case though, it
doesn't scan--that's why I feel PCLinuxOS' method indicates better
design. (PCLinuxOS is an offshoot of Mandriva, so I suspect Mandriva
does it the same way.)
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