http://ubuntuguide.org/ http://ubuntuguide.org/#dvdplayback http://ubuntuguide.org/#xmms
Also, if you upgrade to the beta of hoary, they use xorg http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/GuideToHoary On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:42:02 -0600, Andrew Baudouin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agreed, but the procedure in Ubuntu to install this is > non-straightforward and involves searching forums. Same with > installing xmms and mp3 support. Also IMHO the use of xfree vs xorg > pulls me away from ubuntu. > > Andrew > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:31:05 -0600, Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In other words, it's a violation of the GPL to write or distribute > > software that makes uses of patented algorithms, so there's really no > > such thing as a _Free Software_ DVD decryption in the US. That's why US- > > based distributions can't/won't include DeCSS. > > > > > > On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 01:14 -0600, Will Hill wrote: > > > The last I read, you had to get a non-US package to make DVDs work. That > > > means that you won't find any US distro that plays DVDs because there's > > > some > > > kind of stupid law against sharing DeCSS. > > > > > > On Tuesday 22 February 2005 07:20 pm, Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote: > > > > > > > I don't know of any linux distro which comes with a decent dvd player > > > > that works after out of the box. > > > > I would recommend Ubuntu. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Adam Melancon Work: http://www.vermilion.lib.la.us Personal: http://www.melancon.org
