[vdr] Re: VDR on PowerPC (was VDR Mac OSX port?)

[Daniel Schneider <d.r.schneider@gmx.ch>]

>My syster who don't know anything in computer fails to install OSX (it
>took me one hour to understand why...) on her iMac, but has installed
>Mandrake on the PC of her husband without any problem...

But I guess she didn't have to install dual boot with Windows on her 
PC? This is one example of something no computer beginner could ever 
install without expert knowledge (fdisk, primary partition, extended 
partition...). HD partitioning and Dual boot with Mac OS 9/X is no 
problem to install. Your sister must have done something completely 
wrong if not to say stupid. And she surely doesn't have a 16:10 
monitor with 1920x1200 resolution (how should I install this 
resolution with Red Hat 7.2 ???). Maybe only Red Hat with gnome is so 
stupid, but I simply don't understand why it can't keep a changed 
audio volume after restart! Did your sister try to activate the 
video4linux and I2C kernel support and compile and install a new 
kernel? I could continue this list, but if you're fair, you should 
acknowledge that Linux IS much more complicated to install if you 
have more than only the standard installation to do. I also 
acknowledge that Linux has better performance in some points, that 
there is Dolby Digital/AC-3 support, journaling filesystems etc.

It's also theoretically clear that Linux has to be more complicated 
to install in some cases because it has to work on much more 
different hardware than OS X.

Both OS have their advantages, so you're right that I can't say that 
OS X is the best UNIX. But at least Apple succeeded in creating a 
UNIX based OS which even with non standard needs is usable for non 
computer professionals, something that Linux has failed until now. 
But anyway, Linux is a great OS too! ;-)

Greetings Dany