From: Jonathan Hutchins (hutchins@tarcanfel.org)
Date: 05/10/03


Message-ID: <1052590188.3ebd406c71af2@mercury>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 13:07:20 -0500
From: Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins@tarcanfel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux Multi-Media

Quoting Peter Amisano <pamisano@kc.rr.com>:
 
> Is Mandrake better equipped for multi media ie., video editing, sound
> editing, than say RedHat?
 
Seems a bit "richer" in applications, and they didn't do that stupid trick of
omitting MP3 support like RedHat.
 
> I have been trying to install a midi package in RH9 and it some of the sound
> drivers etc are readily available for Mandrake, yet rather scarce for
> RedHat.
 
...which is the reverse of what you usually (or used to) find.
 
You might be interested in the May issue of Linux Journal if you can find a
copy, lots in there about the 2.6 kernel's audio features and an article on
Synths.

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