Media support in linux is good

Aubry Thonon

I work with media all the day

I listen and even watch almost all the time i use my computer

I use VLC for playing all media types except real media I use Real player enterprise

When i use Ubuntu I found the great VLC

and the real player gold (more similar to Real player enterprise)

VLC doesn't need any codecs to play any thing

Even I see that the gamer will still in windows as most gaming companies work for money and only money

At last it is better for business men to use a friendly Linux at their laptops

87yo Dad is the point

Actually I think you miss the point - his 87yo dad would not have been able to install Vista (or XP) *either*... the only reason people say Windows is easy to install is that they usually never need to install it!

87yo Dad is not the point

Richard: Unfortunately, you just made part of my point for me. Had you told me that your 87yo dad had ditch Vista (a pox on MS) and installed Linux and all the application HIMSELF, I might have bowed to you and tried again. Instead, you're telling me you installed it for him... and I'm pretty sure that you know your way around Linux (based on the way you talk about it).

I like Linux. What it does well, it does AMAZINGLY well... but what it does porrly, it does so in an appalling way.

I stand by what I said in my previous comment... I enjoy Linux as a bulletproof Web/Mail/SQL etc server, I use FireFox and Thunderbird, my media player is MPC and I find that most of my software needs can be supplied by OO or FSF software... but I still find Linux infuriatingly small-minded when it comes to end-user-oriented multimedia applications.