[H-GEN] linux weekly news podcast

[andrew laidlaw]

Providing a Linux podcast in mp3 and not ogg is worse than distributing Word files.  

The mere fact that the proprietary format is more prevalent is no reason for the open movement to reject open principles.   On the contrary.

--- On Tue, 15/5/12, David Seikel <onefang at gmail.com> wrote:

From: David Seikel <onefang at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [H-GEN] linux weekly news podcast
To: general at lists.humbug.org.au
Received: Tuesday, 15 May, 2012, 4:14 PM

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On Tue, 15 May 2012 15:47:34 +1000 Clinton Roy <clinton.roy at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On 15 May 2012 15:32, David Seikel <onefang at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > You are publishing Linux news, your listeners will be Linux users.
> 
> They might be Linux users, but they're probably listening to podcasts
> on a mobile device,
> so they'll be listening via apple or android applications.

Ah Apple.  No idea what they install by default, I don't own any apples.

> > Mp3 tends to not be installed in Linux by default for stupid legal
> >reasons.
> 
> Debian installs mp3 playing codecs from their free repositories, which
> is free enough for me.

It's not installed by default though, and certainly not on most of the
common distros.  Unless that all changed since the last time I
researched it.  That's my point.

In the end, sounds like there might be two common formats installed by
default, and a high chance that it's one or the other, not both.
Sounds like a good reason to supply both formats.

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