Re: [tlug] Computer "fixed" with Linux

[Dave M G <martin@example.com>]

Curt,

Thanks for responding.
> Just as a note: AVI is a container, not a codec. The video content
> within the AVI container could be encoded with any of a number of
> codecs. The same goes for the audio.

Yes, I'm aware of this distinction. I didn't mean to say that one should 
download an AVI codec, but that one should download all codecs related 
to AVI.

> If you ever decide to do
> a similar conversion experiment with office software, I'm sure we'd all
> love to hear the result. 

I'm not sure what you mean. I use OpenOffice for all office related 
tasks, including opening Microsoft Office documents. I worked on one 
project where I was collaborating with a team of 4 other people, all of 
whom were using Microsoft Office, and for the entire year, no one ever 
knew I wasn't using MS Office.

Also, there is no experiment here. I set my girlfriend up with Linux, 
she's using it, the situation is done.

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Dave M G
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