Yeah. I saw that but it's tied into Silverlight, which is gross. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10/28/netflix-uses-silverlight-to-support-mac-linux/1
A couple other cool things about the 8.10 is the support for 3G, if you have a 3G modem. And the ability to create a Live USB to install Ubuntu, which is way overdue. I'm tired of using CDs now. And now having a netbook without a CD-ROM drive internally, I like the ability to do install most anything from USB. E On Oct 28, 8:14 am, "Cary Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's awesome. I enjoy the BBC- it's nice to get a different perspective on > world news. > > In addition, Netflix today announced that the "watch it now" streaming video > content they provide will have Firefox support in the very near future. > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I know most of you could care less but I still thought this was > > interesting enough to post. > > The new release of Ubuntu 8.10 is being released in a couple of days. > > For those of you that are not familiar with Ubuntu, it is another > > flavor of the Linux operating system. > > Apparently, Canonical (makers of Ubuntu) has an agreement with BBC to > > allow streaming of their content from anywhere in the world. > > Here's the quote: > > "As a bonus, all Ubuntu 8.10 users will be able to enjoy programming > > from the BBC, with high quality streamed content available through the > > default media players in Ubuntu 8.10. Canonical has worked with the > > BBC to make sure that much of the material is available to users in > > all locations." > > > Here's the article: > >http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.10-desktop > > > I know I will be upgrading this weekend. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
