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SeaClearly

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Does anyone notice that on this distro they don't have the multimedia packs. My soundcard is fully supported and working but programs like Amarok and Juk won't play MP3 files or any file types for that matter that came with the multimedia packs. Actually even supported file formats don't output audio because the programs don't come with either the arts or the alsa engines.

So my question does anyone notice this and if so how can you fix it if you can fix it at all.

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randomnut

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Does anyone notice that on this distro they don't have the multimedia packs.  My soundcard is fully supported and working but programs like Amarok and Juk won't play MP3 files or any file types for that matter that came with the multimedia packs.  Actually even supported file formats don't output audio because the programs don't come with either the arts or the alsa engines.

So my question does anyone notice this and if so how can you fix it if you can fix it at all.

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Its only beta 1 :p The same stage longhorn is at, so its bound to be very buggy. Theres still more betas, and release candidates to go yet, the final is due out around the third week of sept so not that long till its all sorted :)

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markwolfe Veteran

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^^^ Except the lack of MP3 is not a bug. It is a deliberate move by Novell/SUSE to avoid possible patent infringement litigation. MP3 is not a 'free' codec to distribute. It is licensed by Thomson, I believe.

I seriously doubt that any upcoming SUSE release will have MP3 support - just like Red Hat / Fedora have dropped it since RH8 (or was it 9?).

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Miuku.

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Although not directly related, here's an interesting little news from Novell/SuSE:

http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/b...cleId=168600825

Petra Heinrich, who spearheaded SUSE's much-respected channel program, has left Novell, the company confirmed Thursday.
"It seems [Novell is] ripping SUSE apart,” said one source close to Novell. “When they announced that they bought SUSE, they said they wanted the spirit of SUSE. Now it looks like that was the last thing they wanted. They just wanted product," he added.
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CaKeY

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I have the same question as ripgut. (wireless G for me btw)

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ALLNET-Wireless-54Mbit...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/WiFi-Wireless-Internet...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/PCI-wireless-802-11g-W...1QQcmdZViewItem

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randomnut

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ripgut, SUSE has excellent wifi support, alot better than ubuntu. Go for SUSE (Y)

markjensen, in response to your comment at the top of the page, I believe they are going to have MP3 support enabled via the online update after installation, much like they cant distribute the official nvidia drivers, so they have that available on the update.

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Barney T. Administrators

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SuSE has always been a great distro for me. All of the hardware support I would need. I like this new inteface eye-candy too. Can't wait for it to become final!

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Crimson Behelit

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Does this mean SuSE developed software (for example Kinternet) may end up being ported to other distros?

Kinternet is hands-down the best wireless connection manager I've had the chance to use on any x86 platform. I'd love to be able to integrate it into Kanotix.

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chavo

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By the way the SUSE KDE window decorations are available on kde-look.org.

Pretty nice and easy to install, if you like the look of these screenshots. It's using plastik widget style and default KDE 3.4 color scheme, so it'd real easy to get this look on any distro.

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