[64studio-devel] [64 Studio] #152: Drop terminatorx package from base install, remove dummy libmad

[Free Ekanayaka]

|--==> Daniel James writes:

  DJ> Hi George,
  >>I imagine there are many 
  >>more people like myself who work in a mixed media environment who need to 
  >>access media produced on a variety of systems in a wide range of formats, or 
  >>even just access their own earlier work.

  DJ> On an individual studio level, you've got two options at the moment - 
  DJ> download free software you need from http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ 
  DJ> and a few other places, or buy proprietary, licensed Gstreamer plugins 
  DJ> from https://shop.fluendo.com/

  DJ> Patent enforcement is unlikely against individual end users, although 
  DJ> not impossible, so users concerned about possible legal implications 
  DJ> should go for the Fluendo option. Because 64 Studio Ltd. is a commercial 
  DJ> company working on hardware products for OEMs, we have to be much more 
  DJ> careful than the typical end user.

Personally I like the idea of having a very simple way to get extra
packages we can't legally ship, and after a quick look to ubuntueasy,
it wouldn't be to hard to adapt it to debian/64studio.

Maybe it's not something to loudly advertise on the home of our site,
but it would be good to have it, because for some users tweaking APT
and getting packages from other sources (like debian-multimedia.org)
it's kind of challenging, and furthermore they could break the
system. At least could we provide a secure and tested way to do that.

Ciao!

Free