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To: Gerald Walls who wrote (724)	8/20/1999 10:50:00 AM
From: Eric Sandeen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1794

Linux does do USB, granted, it's in a development state. You're mostly correct that Linux cannot do DVDs, but there is some very preliminary work going on. There are a lot of proprietary issues regarding encryption and locking and things, that makes it pretty hard if the hardware vendors aren't forthcoming with the necessary information.

To: Gerald Walls who wrote (724)	8/20/1999 4:08:00 PM
From: JRH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1794

Gerald: VCD's are usually in mpeg format. I know that there are mpeg players for Linux, so I would assume that VCD's could be played in Linux. USB will be supported in Kernel 2.4, according to Mr. Torvalds. I have a friend who is a hardcore VCD trader with his cable modem connection...and Windows (unfortunately) <g> Edit: according to my friend, an mpeg player will play VCD's, but a VCD Player provides better quality, and there is a lot of development going on for a VCD Player BTW, if anyone is looking for a great Text editor for Linux (and it is ported to Windows too), I recommend AbiWord (though it is still pretty beta). Web site is abisource.com (free software). Intuitively similar to MS Word, which I didn't find in Applixware's editor. Justin