Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th Aug 2012 22:52 UTC
Miguel de Icaza: "To sum up: (a) First dimension: things change too quickly, breaking both open source and proprietary software alike; (b) incompatibility across Linux distributions. This killed the ecosystem for third party developers trying to target Linux on the desktop. You would try once, do your best effort to support the 'top' distro or if you were feeling generous 'the top three' distros. Only to find out that your software no longer worked six months later. Supporting Linux on the desktop became a burden for independent developers." Mac OS X came along to scoop up the Linux defectors.
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Nope as I already explained here.
http://www.osnews.com/thread?533216
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I use to swear by K-Lite too but if you are on Win 7 try Windows 7 Codec pack by Cole Williams. Takes care of 32 bit and 64 bit, takes care of everything, no muss no fuss and even lets me burn videos with AC3 audio in Win 7 DVD maker which was a PITB before, really great and hassle free.
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2009-08-18
K-lite codec pack. VLC and any number of third party programs.