On 2019-09-13 12:23 p.m., nospam wrote:
In article , Rabid Rogue
wrote:

Why Linux On Desktop Failed: A Discussion With Mark Shuttleworth

Let me know when there's a transcript available; I don't 'do' video
interviews.

That recent Shuttleworth interview on Kubernetes had a transcript.

What's the matter, can't you get Linux to play the video?
Too bad for you.

That's an unfair question. To be honest, Linux plays more video formats
out of the box than any other operating system even if VLC isn't
pre-installed.

no it definitely does not.

This is a clear lie on your part and I imagine that it comes from your
general and habitual ignorance. Install Linux Mint and it will play
everything; install something like Trisquel which is fully free and it
might not play everything, but it will install free codecs that will.

it won't play everything.

It won't play Blu-Ray and encrypted DVD (though that's very easy to
remedy), that's about it. However, Windows won't play those two media
types either.
platforms used for creating video, namely mac and windows, have the
widest support of formats for obvious reasons.

Only after software and codecs have been purchased and installed. Once
again, I'm talking about the OUT OF THE BOX experience.

If it doesn't play the video, it gives you the option to
install the codec which WILL play it.

so much for more video formats, and that's the same for other oses.

Windows 10 will not play h.265 out of the box unless you _purchase_ the
codec but I imagine you didn't know that.

what you clearly do *not* know is that macs have h.265 support in the
os itself and can play *and* encode h.265 out of the box without any
additional software, and third party apps do not need to do anything
special either.

There are lesser-known and lesser-used codecs that Mac OS will not run
out of the box. If it includes h.265 support, that's great since it's
very popular as a result of its tiny file size and excellent quality
(identical to h.264 as far as I can tell). However, will your beloved
play the obscure file encoded in Theora the way that Linux will
successfully do? I doubt it.

You can download VLC and get
the same functionality but that applies to Linux as well. Even without
VLC though, the bundled video players like Dragon or Totem will
automatically download the codecs whereas something like Movies & TV or
Windows Media Player will only play sound and fart when it comes to
playing the video.

no need for vlc, and needing to download a codec means it *doesn't*
play everything.

Install Linux Mint and you will play every imaginable video _without_
needing to install a codec. I only clarified my statement in case
someone bothered to mention that Fedora, Trisquel, PureOS or OpenSuse
doesn't play everything out of the box.

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Your friendly neighborhood Rabid Rogue