Totally agree.As for the Linux out of the box, if I download a binary for my distribution, I DO expect it to work out of the box. That's the point of having a binary.
That is something that your package manager should be able to do. If dpkg accepts to install something on my Debian box, I can feel pretty sure that it won't miss any dependencies.Nothing worse that getting a "libxxx is missing" and not knowing what to install to satisfy that dependancy.
Very true. Sad but true. As in most open source projects, we're more in need of people to write docs and guidelines than people to code (well, coders are always welcome, please don't misunderstand my sentence :)I have used vlc for over 2 years now, and it seems with each new version come all new errors, but the documentation doesn't really change. I have yet to see a list of "Here is what needs to be installed for this program to work correctly" list. Do that and I think you'll see a lot of the support questions go away.
Please, do.I wouldn't mind documenting my experiences so that others can benefit from what I have found works.
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