<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10>I am searching for open source multimedia and 3-graphic tools and software development tools that will run with Fedora 4 linux.
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<BR>I have been seeing some apparent problems with applications that ran with older versions of Fedora that will no longer run with Fedora 4.
<BR>The problem may be associated with using GCC 4.0 , although I am not sure.
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<BR>In any case here is a list of free applications that I have tried to install so far.
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<BR>Successes -
<BR> Borland Java Builder - free version
<BR> Audacity - sound editor
<BR> Argo UML - universal model language tool
<BR> Flight Gear - airplane simulator
<BR> OpenScenegraph - 3-D graphics tool set
<BR> SGI Performer - 3-D graphics - limited free demo version
<BR> MainActor - video editor - limited free demo version
<BR> xine - DVD player
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<BR>Failures -
<BR> Blender 3-D editor - compiles but does not seem to work properly.
<BR> Open Scene graph Editor - will not compile under GCC 4.0
<BR> Virtual Terrain Builder - will not compile under GCC 4.0
<BR> Timidity - Midi player - compiles but will not play midi files ,
<BR> does not create timidity.cfg file.
<BR> It appears that "sound fonts" are missing.
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<BR> Also the built in kmidi player does not generate any sound output.
<BR> I have upgraded the Fedora kernel and installed the latest version of alsa,
<BR> but it does not seem to fix the midi problem.
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<BR> Borland kylix - I have not had any success with this C++ development tool
<BR> since I upgraded from Fedora1. There are rumors that Borland
<BR> may release an upgrade to kylix , but the rumors may have no substance.
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<BR> Has any one had success with any of the applications listed above??
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<BR> So far the audacity sound editor is the only one that I have actually used
<BR> for anything. It seems to work well and I would recommend it.
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<BR> I have had extensive difficulties with missing dependency libraries ,
<BR> and incompatible versions that generate undefined linker and run time
<BR> symbols. Overall there seems to be a lot of incompatibilities with
<BR> source packages that were built for versions of linux other than Fedora 4.
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