OT: MPC-HC project ending? [Re: Lies in education [was Re: The "loop and a half"]]

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On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 12:33:09 PM UTC+1, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Thomas Jollans wrote:
> > On 2017-10-12 02:51, Chris Angelico wrote:
> >> If it wants new life, it's probably going to need a Linux version,
> >> because that's where a lot of developers hang out. The reality is that
> >> open source developers are much more likely to develop on Linux than
> >> on Windows; you can maintain a Windows port of a Linux program with
> >> fewer Windows experts than maintaining the entire program on Windows.
> >>
> >> The other option, though, would be for the useful parts to become
> >> feature suggestions for VLC.
> >
> >
> > It's the year of the Linux desktop!
> >
> > (No, actually, that was a few years ago, but nobody noticed at the time)
> 
> I'm typing this up from my primary Linux system. Beside me, my laptop
> also runs Linux. I use these computers for basically everything -
> coding, testing, work, gaming, the lot. Just finished playing an
> episode of The Walking Dead, streamed to Twitch.tv; yes, that game
> wasn't released for Linux, but thanks to Wine, I can run the Windows
> version, and it's flawless.
> 
> It's the year of the Linux desktop alright. Has been for some time,
> gonna still be for a while yet.
> 
> ChrisA

I have to agree as I've now moved to Linux, Ubuntu as it happens.  I wish I'd done it years ago as it feels as if I've had a major hardware upgrade as it's so much more responsive.  The most noticeable thing is that when watching videos from YouTube the sound and picture always stay in sync.  Not a chance of that with Windows 10.

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Kindest regards.

Mark Lawrence.