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Except that in Ubuntu and Debian (and likely other major distros) you don't get the unmodified version of VLC, you get the crippled version with missing feature

by dmz73 2y ago

Except that in Ubuntu and Debian (and likely other major distros) you don't get the unmodified version of VLC, you get the crippled version with missing features. I recently spent a day trying to use VLC on Debian and Ubuntu to stream video from network camera (which works on Windows) only to find that Linux distros removed some VLC library that was required for this to work. So i used appimage version instead which did have the missing library. Linux distro packages are no longer easiest or best way to get working software.

SushiHippie 2y ago
Seems like the 'problem' was non-free code: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=981439 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=981439
oarsinsync 2y ago
> Linux distro packages are no longer easiest or best way to get working software. Debian explicitly ships free software. They make no apologies for the impact on functionality if software authors depend on non-free elements, for software that they package. This has always been true, and is always a source of complaint from people who prioritise functionality over freedom.