I just watched the fast user switching one, and now have a better idea of what that's all about. Thanks!
Suggestion for a future podcast: show how to install an alternative to one or more of the default apps (VLC for Totem, for instance) in order to take advantage of either extra features or an interface that the user prefers. Then show how you can change the default program used to open an associated file (using the properties dialog for an .ogg file, for instance). For some programs, you might need part of the podcast to show how to add a new repo (or ensure that a particular repo is already included), and then how to update the package lists, locate the latest version, and install it.
(One practical reason I do this: I find that .avi files taken by my digital camera play back correctly under VLC, but with great color distortion with totem. I don't know why, but I know I'm more likely to watch the movie correctly with VLC than I am to personally fix Totem!)
That directly "competing" programs can happily coexist on a system and in the software ecosystem of F/OSS is one of its strengths, and worth crowing a bit about, I think :)
Thanks for the screencasts, Alan!
I just watched the fast user switching one, and now have a better idea of what that's all about. Thanks!
Suggestion for a future podcast: show how to install an alternative to one or more of the default apps (VLC for Totem, for instance) in order to take advantage of either extra features or an interface that the user prefers. Then show how you can change the default program used to open an associated file (using the properties dialog for an .ogg file, for instance). For some programs, you might need part of the podcast to show how to add a new repo (or ensure that a particular repo is already included), and then how to update the package lists, locate the latest version, and install it.
(One practical reason I do this: I find that .avi files taken by my digital camera play back correctly under VLC, but with great color distortion with totem. I don't know why, but I know I'm more likely to watch the movie correctly with VLC than I am to personally fix Totem!)
That directly "competing" programs can happily coexist on a system and in the software ecosystem of F/OSS is one of its strengths, and worth crowing a bit about, I think :)
Cheers,
timothy