Re: Hard to believe but...

On 47khz Polychromic shrieked:
Ashikaga wrote:
On 41khz Ashikaga shrieked:

Still don't know how to use Ubuntu. I guess my Unix knowledge is just too
limited to run it. Seemingly easy task such as playing an MP3 file is
still difficult. When I double click on an MP3 file, the default media
player popped up and told me it cannot decode such file. I searched the
help file and it suggested I need to install a certain plugin. I did and
it still doesn't play. Then I run the Add/Remove program, which is still
the same Synaptic Manager, which is actually quite handy and easy enough to
install/remove stuff. The new program will run the MP3 file, thanks
goodness. Now the problem is, MP3 files are still registered to be run by
the default player. I searched the help file on how to reregister the MIME
type, and it suggested following options:

1) Know where the MIME type files are and edit them there. It's an
administrator's basic job to know where the MIME config files are located.
(how nice...)

2) Write an XML file to specify the program's location.

And other options that I could not understand a thing. And it says after
the config file is written, I need to run some update routine or something,
except I don't even know where that update executable is located.... The
help document is still too technical for everyday user (though I must say
the document is very comprehensive and I've been able to find every subject
I asked for, except I don't understand most of the stuff written there).

I tried to write a simple config file (actually I copied the codes from the
Internet...), except I was blocked from writing to the root directories. I
thought I am the administrator.... I made sure all the read, write,
executive rights were checked, but still no avail....

I think I'll change Lavender to run on dual-boot. I guess I still need XP.
(and yet I still need to know how to run Linux.... AIS is a very nerdy
major...).

I've played with Linux enough to know that until they have a killer app or
game that I need, I'll just stick with what I know already. Also, I still
want to see a nice graphical defragger that runs in Linux. :)

Well, I don't think running games is a big concern for people who runs
Linux....

But the lesson to be learned here is (for me at least), there are many
people developing for Linux, which is both its biggest strength and
weakness. Much like working in a HUGE team (like many large businesses
nowadays do...), while workload can be spread out and provide a more
comphrehensive input, coordination issue leaves the final product somewhat
of an inconsistent finishing. Linux is still too niche and too young of a
product to be mass marketed. The GUI feels like it's a mask hiding Linux's
(often intimidating) technicalness rather than aiming for as a tool of
productivity. Many components must be unified somehow (like that MIME type
control thingy) in a centralized manner (or an illusion of it).

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Ashikaga - a28 3/17/2007 1:04:58 AM
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