Stephen Pegrum • User • The Register Forums

Flash-based iPlayer is go

Thursday 13th December 2007 21:04 GMT Stephen Pegrum

Excellent

Using Ubuntu 7.10.

(Had to upgrade to a newer version of flash before full screen would work - same version for both Windows and Linux!)

Just caught up with the last episode of Top Gear - Brilliant. Brilliant.

Who needs windows now?!

I just wish the Beeb hadn't wasted license player's money on the other thing.....

spegru

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Linux desktops grow and grow and grow

Friday 23rd November 2007 15:02 GMT Stephen Pegrum

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As a linux convert with 5 PCs at home I was particularly irritated by the comment "There is no adoption growth rate among the general public. Those using Linux for anything different than a server are just a a few thousands worldwide, a very small percentage, absolutely smaller than OS X."

Based on What? Is there really any reliable data on numbers of linux users?

However one interesting place you might like to look esp if you are a Skype user is in the skype forums here:

http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showforum=70

I would suggest that it is possible to judge platform usage from the numbers of posts for each type of platform,

If so, at time of writing this (23Nov2007) the proportion of desktop platfoms is like this.

Windows: 76%

Mac OS X: 14%

Linux: 10%

This may well focus on domestic users and you may even say Linux users need more support, but I would have though it is reasonable to say that 5-10% of domestic PCs are runnig Linux and that they are only slightly behind MacOS. That's a huge number!

Good weekend everyone!

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