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:Penguin Pete's Blog: Linux and Newbies: Some Cold, Hard Reality
Penguin Pete's Blog: Linux and Newbies: Some Cold, Hard Reality
Dec 11, 2006, 23 :30 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (5944 reads)

"This forum example is one I'm using not to poke any fun at the people involved or say anybody is incompetent, but simply because it illustrates such a profound point. I stumbled upon it whilst Googling to find out the same thing: how to play movies in Microsoft's WMV format on Linux. It worked, by the way.

"This is a classic case of newbie frustration..."

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Dec 12, 2006, 02:22:02
 
I think this is a fantastic article. And ...   I couldn't agree more.   
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Dec 12, 2006, 09:35:57
 
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