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H_TeXMeX_H:
That's the longest rant I've see in a while ... but you lost me after the 6th or 7th paragraph (I'll try again later)

pofnlice:
Umm...Who cares?

The more mainstream software that ports to linux, the more credibility linux gains. It's EXACTLY this kind of software that people say is why they won't switch. Well here they come. Next thing you know, Games will be ported (yeah right, in about another 30 years).

Pathos:

--- Quote from: pofnlice ---Umm...Who cares?

The more mainstream software that ports to linux, the more credibility linux gains. It's EXACTLY this kind of software that people say is why they won't switch. Well here they come. Next thing you know, Games will be ported (yeah right, in about another 30 years).
--- End quote ---

agreed. The more proprietry software available for linux based systems the more interest hardware vendors will take.

Calum:
nero on linux. who cares? i use xcdroast because when i moved to linux it was at least as good as nero. it's not the same but fuck it, linux isn't the same as windows.

and i agree that people should want to use windows because they want freedom, but you have to realise that more and more people want to use linux because it's cool.

those people probably also think that distributing serial numbers for proprietary apps is cool. they have less ability to ratiocinate than the traditional linux using crowd, but if linux *is* to move ahead, perhaps these types will have to be welcomed and possibly pandered to.

EDIT: PS pofnlice is 100% right. for years on these very forums we've been saying if you want your programs on linux natively (rather than under wine for instance, mostly this is in response to the old "my xxx games don't run in linux" chestnut), then write to the vendors to package it for linux. now they start doing it, people complain?

toadlife:
I see a few people here complaining about Nero and their evil proprietary CD burning app "poluting" linux.

In FreeBSD, I use xcdroast too - but in order to get everything working properly with my DVD Writer, I had to use the binary/closed source version, which is free for non-commercial use.   All of the  free/open source cd writing apps would not work quite right with my Plextor DVD Burner.

I've read that this is not a FreeBSD only issue. Via mailing lists, I've read that Linux users with certain DVD Burners have had the same issues that I had, and the close source version of xcdroast is the only thing that worked for them too.

So if the open source community can't provide a proper solution for all of users, what's so bad about companies like Nero, and the author of xcdroast coming providing one?

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