[ 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…?”
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