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<BODY style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS'; font-size:16px"><DIV>Gentlemen/ladies</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>I am a delighted user of VLC on Windows (XP, Vista) and would like to be an equally delighted user of VLS on SuSE11.2. I would also like to install it on my disabled daughter's laptop which is currently running 11.1</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Your site http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-suse.html hints tantalizingly at an RPM download, but only facilitates the online installation process (implying a cloud-located repository) which I find to be one of the most irritating aspects of trying to convert from Windows to Linux: the tacit assumption that you are permanently plugged into some fat free (not fat-free) data pipe which will automatically deliver gigabytes of data whenever sucked upon by some installer program downloaded in the traditional fashion from some HTML somewhere. </DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>While university students and staff are generally in such a privileged position (and privileged it is), there are many millions of people out there who are attracted to Linux and opensource applications but find the promise totally spoiled by the axioms on which the developers distribute their excellent products. Have you ever tried to access the Web from let us say a new SuSE installation via Bluetooth and a cellphone modem? There's a vicious circle there.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>That specific problem is not your fault, but I can't help feeling I should be able to download an RPM from your site onto my (internet-enabled) Windows installation, copy it to a memory stick, cart it over to my daughter's laptop and install VLC with a click or two. Would you agree? Would you help? Please?</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Sincerely,</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Basil Fernie</DIV><DIV><BR><BR></DIV>
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