Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4654 mails)

[Jan Karjalainen <jrock@xxxxxxx>]

Doug McGarrett wrote:
> Hi, everyone--
>
> I know the "w" in the file means Windows.  Is there a plugin that will let 
> Linuxers display these files?  (Kaffeine comes up and says "no way.")
> If there is, how do I find it and install it?  These are from friends, so I
> don't think they are knowingly diseased.  
>
> An aside:  if they were diseased, i.e., infected with something that would
> be a problem in Windows, would it affect my Linux system?  I 
> think about this, but I'm not paranoid, and my XP system--when it's
> working--has enough added-in paranoia that I don't worry about it.
>
> --doug
>   
You need the win32 codec pack, you can find it from Packmans site.
To make things easier, you should take a look at konvenientSUSE:
(http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=43378)

/J


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