Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4398 mails)

[houghi <houghi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 11:25:04AM -0400, Michael K Dolan Jr wrote:
> But, just b/c OpenSuse is built on OSS shouldn't mean it has to be 
> difficult to install/interoperate with non-OSS software.... or so is my 
> opinion. Gentoo is good at creating a seamless link in portage. I guess 
> what it comes down to is that most users are going to install things 
> like mp3 libraries anyway so why make it difficult when you can create a 
> clear, easy way for them to get access? In my opinion, that's how you 
> grow a community.

1. Please do not topost
2. SUSE already HAS an easy way to include non-OSS software. They do it in
two ways. The first is that you can buy the boces version, the second is
that you can include instalation sources.

houghi
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