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But you dont have to pay if you are technically skilled
Authored by: mhoyes on Sunday, March 17 2013 @ 10:32 PM EDT
Well, I am running Linux Mint and have the Medibuntu added to my repository and
I just clicked the button and started viewing the video. No muss, no fuss.

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Excuses are like.......
Authored by: Kilz on Sunday, March 17 2013 @ 10:55 PM EDT
I guess if you search long enough you can come up with an excuse of why someone is incapable of doing something. In this case though, the excuse that a person cant view the video in question by just clicking on a link, is not based in reality.
Click here for a Screenshot
The excuse that someone has to be a tech genius isnt founded in reality either. In the screenshot you see Firefox, a common web browser installed on almost all Linux distributions or easily installed by a person of normal intelligence. The key may be that the mplayer browser plugin is also installed. While this may not be installed on most distros it is available in a wide variety of them. Perhaps you should complain to the people who package applications for your distro if it isnt a default package.
I think its a shame that someone would use the excuse that some people are just to stupid so we should make everything work like a 6 year old was using the computer. The problem in that case may be pebcac or it might be ignorance. Ignorance is fixable with knowledge and information. Like a browser plugin needs to be installed
But then again I come from a generation on who's first computer the command prompt was all there was, no gui. A computer was something to build with and discover new things. Perhaps thats why I like a distro that just tries to keep things simple. Its also possible that you need to read this page that someone once shared with me.

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