[CentOS] Celebrating Centos 6.0 Day World-wide

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

Ron Blizzard wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Always Learning <centos at u6.u22.net> wrote:
> 
>> The truth is my mp3 playing ability was installed about a year ago when
>> I was first introduced to Centos and I experienced a very rapid and
>> steep learning curve (which I successfully overcame as usual). I do not
>> know where the mp3 playing ability came from.
> 
> To me it really doesn't matter where it (and the DVD stuff) comes from
> -- it's just a one-time repository set up anyhow and then it updates
> itself. What Windows users don't realize is that most of their codecs
> come from the add-on applications that need to be installed. At least
> it did in XP (not sure about Vista and Vista 7). Try playing a DVD
> without installing PowerDVD or burning CDs or DVDs without Nero (for
> example). The reason most Windows' users don't run into this issue is
> because their computers usually come pre-installed with OEM software.
> If you install Linux Mint (for one) you never have to worry about any
> of this either. And it's only a minor issue with CentOS and those
> distributions that don't come with codecs (and Flash, etc)
> pre-installed.
> 
That is exactly why I intend to create "Desktop" version, regular CentOS 
with additional repositories and virtual package(s) pulling necessary 
real packages. If launched from main menu it could be done as an add-on 
package enhancing existing CentOS.

Ljubomir