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Quoting Matt Lee <matt@xxxxxxxx>:
* A decent browser and only one browser. Firefox is this.
Yep, I'd agree with this, although I find it isn't as responsive on Suse 9.1 as Mozilla is, maybe its just my PC tho.
* A decent email client, doesn't need too many features. I've not seen this. Apple OS X Mail is this.
Thunderbird is pretty good. Evolution is good as in probably easier for Outlook users to pick up and use.
* A media player that just works. Works in the browser as a plugin too - plays media from Windows Media, Real, QuickTime, plus the free formats (Theora, etc). Think QuickTime.
Isn't Windows Media closed source and needs a licence from Microsoft?
* Debian on crack packaging - use deb to deliver updates in a way that's simple. I don't care if perl 4.4.232.32.23.3.23.23.32.131.3.5343.43 is out. I just want it wrapped in with a bunch of other updates nicely packaged as 'Software Update for 10th Dec 04'
Can't say I've seen this too well in Windows XP, okay they have security updates but I installed XP Pro SP2 on a PC yesterday and it still needed about 4 separate updates, and more after .NET framework and Media Player were installed. Oh the joy, constant reboots after each update!
* Photo organisation - I should be able to plug in my camera, have my photos sucked onto my computer and filed into nicely organised albums.
Does this work in Windows? Only thing I get when I plug my digital camera up is a file browser window. Things could be worse than they already are... they could have a Windows 3.1 interface! Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.