Planet Geek: RealPlayer Under Linux to Get my Nick Danger! | Linux Today

Planet Geek: RealPlayer Under Linux to Get my Nick Danger!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 12, 2004

[ Thanks to Dave
Belfer-Shevett
for this link. ]

Could it be? Could Real have actually embraced the Linux world
and decided ‘Hey, these schmucks aren’t so bad, lets try and
support them!’ These are the trial and tribulations of me, a poor
slob on the street, to get RealPlayer running on a Debian Testing
laptop. Read on, if you dare!

“Okay, first off, Real, Inc actually sensed my browser version
and platform correctly, and handed me the option of downloading
RealPlayer 10 plugin for Linux in Firefox. Would you like to
continue sir…?”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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