What are consequences of "merger necessitates removal of ...

[Thomas Dodd]

Randall J. Parr wrote:
> Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
>> If the issue is mp3 support, you can just hop over to freshrpms.net
>> and get it there.
> 
> No I can't. That is, in fact, my point. Most of the freshrpms.net stuff 
> requires ALSA, which requires kernel modules, which means I can no 
> longer "up2date" that system without breaking the sound, etc., etc.

Already mentioned. no kernel changes are required.

> It has been very, very nice install Fedora yum/apt and be able to tell 
> my customers, my sister, my wife, "Just do ..." and presto, changeo, you 
> can play your MP3's or watch your DVD's. They really don't do so well 
> when I pass on to them the typical answer from these lists of "just 
> install all this stuff from freshrpms, reconfigure your modules.conf, 
> maybe rebuild your kernel, and it 'just works', Yeah, right"

Add freshrpms to yum.conf
yum install xmms-mp3

presto, play mp3 files.

yum install ogle (xine)
prest, play DVDs (if you want add libdvdcss too)

	-Thomas