>>>>> "LS" == Laine Stump writes:

LS> Does anyone know if Real Networks plans to release a G2 player for Linux?
LS> Or have they decided to drop support for everything but Mac and Windows?

	real networks already released linux version of g2 player. this
	player works MUCH better than rvplayer 5.0. i recommend you forget
	about the old one.

	installation is very simple (i even installed it from rpm packege, it
	installed into  `/usr/bin'   but  i  decided  to forget  about   that
	crime. may be i will try to reinstall with relocated root directory):

	- install linux emulation   package   or setup your existing    linux
	  installation  (for example, i  just  mounted linux partition   over
	  `/emul/linux');
	- start realplayer.

p.s.  "much better"  means  that it  requires  much  less cpu  resources  and
(finally) writes to `/dev/dsp'  with chunks larger than one  byte. i have two
seti@home  clients  working  in background (load   average  is about  3 on my
p2-350) and they don't affect on real video playing  (300 kbps).