On Fri, December 23, 2005 3:12 pm, Arthur Pemberton said: > On 12/23/05, Nathan Low <nlow04@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Can Cyberlink PowerDVD 4.0 that's a windows program be compatible with >> Fedora core 4 if I buy the Crossover Office Standard 5.0? >> >> Is Xandros Linux operating system more suitable to people who work with >> multimedia all the time? >> >> Please respond. Thanks. >> >> Nathan >> > > Nathan, > > Basically, unless you have something exotic to do in Fedora/Linux , there > will not be a need to purchase any software. I mean, if you have some > money > to spare, you can always fund a linux project. Otherwise I'm guessing you > will find the software frely available will meet your needs. There are of > course exceptions. > > While you may find some people here familiar with what Crossover Office > supports, your best bet is just asking for a advice on a similar Linux > applicaiton, or sending these type of questions to the Crossover Office > suite. > > I know there is suppose to be a distro more multimedia oriented than > Fedora > (I can't remember which) but in all fairness you can get Fedora to be as > multimedia oriented as your heart desires. > > In terms of playback, a combination of mplayer and a suitable (easily > obtainable) plugin will/should meet any of your needs. > I somewhat disagree that you can make i as multimedia oriented as required. I haven't tried othere distro's re multimedia - but I know from trying that midi support is poor. I have been forced to remain a partial user because of the slow coming progress in this field - I have to run my studio projects in windows. > Good luck > > -- > As a boy I jumped through Windows, as a man I play with Penguins. > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- *Trevor "TeC" Christian* Cell #: (767) 225 4472 IM MSN: trevorc98@xxxxxxxxxxx / trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx YM : trevorc01 AIM: DoubleOTeC GoogleTalk: doubleOTeC@xxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Home Page <http://trevor.bouyon.dalive.com//> Curriculum Vitae <http://bouyon.dalive.com/cv/> Dalive Market <http://www.dalivemarket.com/>