Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:25:25 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Charlie Farinella <cfarinella@appropriatesolutions.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? Message-ID: <20071024202156.B2310@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <200710241114.11091.cfarinella@appropriatesolutions.com> References: <200710221851.48278.mayank@in.niksun.com> <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> <20071023113841.4f1b5750@attila> <200710241114.11091.cfarinella@appropriatesolutions.com>
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Charlie Farinella wrote: > I'm still using Linux (Kubuntu, or Slackware) for my desktop machines, > and am wondering if FreeBSD is an option for the desktop. I need to > run Audacity for instance, and would like to be able to view > audio-video content on the web. Has that been difficult for people to > set up? There are ports for Audacity (normal and -devel), and mplayer works for playing video (DVD, flv, and Quicktime are all I've used, I think). Integration with the web, particularly implementations that use Flash, are sometimes a problem. See the youtube-dl port, also. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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