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Are Macs the Red-Headed Stepchild of Open Source?

Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Wed 9th Jul 2008 12:03 UTC, submitted by estherschindler

One benefit to open-source applications is they can run on any operating system you want. But getting open-source software developed for the Mac is -- depending on whom you ask -- slow as molasses or quick as lightning. Mac expert Lisa Hoover collected several viewpoints. Which do you think is right?

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RE[4]: No, it is not

by gan17 on Wed 9th Jul 2008 15:48 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: No, it is not"

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2008-06-03

Ever tried playing a MKV containing 1080p h.264 video with VLC?

Edited 2008-07-09 15:50 UTC

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RE[5]: No, it is not

by thjayo on Wed 9th Jul 2008 16:57 in reply to "RE[4]: No, it is not"

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2005-11-11

Actually, yes. I had a hard time. Then I tried QuickTime. Suddenly, VLC's hard time seemed like paradise to me.

But my anecdotal reference is probably not a good gauge.

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RE[5]: No, it is not

by mbharat on Wed 9th Jul 2008 18:04 in reply to "RE[4]: No, it is not"

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2008-06-19

Ever tried playing a MKV containing 1080p h.264 video with VLC?

Well I tried it not just on Macbook with VLC, but on windows opteron desktop also and not just with VLC but with CoreAVC also. And in all cases I couldn't play with out dropped frames. Most of the CPUs out there today cannot play that. openCL may change that.

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RE[6]: No, it is not

by Johann Chua on Thu 10th Jul 2008 04:32 in reply to "RE[5]: No, it is not"

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2005-07-22

Having a video card with HD video decoding hardware helps now..

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