I Installed Linux Mint

[David Curtis]

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:30:03 -0400
Harold Sawyer <hrsawyer at gmail.com> wrote:

> MH,
> 
> Doesn't Ubuntu have to restrict certain software and codex due to
> legal reasons?

Yup,

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats
http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/philosophy
http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/licensing

Also note that Linux Mint is not just based on Ubuntu it is, IMHO, a
rebranded Ubuntu with a unique interface, it's main 'selling' point is
being not only multimedia ready but attempts to build on Ubuntu's
cutting edge-ness with more 'working out of the box'-iness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint

There's quite a number of Ubuntu based distros with special goals:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu-based_distributions#Unofficial_distributions

I hope that just as Ubuntu's improvements make their way to
Debian, that improvements made downstream from Ubuntu make their way
up also, philosophically and legally permitting of course.

Dave