how to get libdvdcss and w32codecs through apt

[Andrew Hunter]

On Friday 17 November 2006 14:52, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Andrew Hunter wrote:
> >> Then again, I was under the impression that packages from even the
> >> universe and multiverse sections of the "official" repos were also
> >> unsupported.
> >
> > Only unsupported for commercial support from Canonical.
>
> Sorry, I can't parse this. Please explain.

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, aims to make money through selling 
support subscriptions. They will only _fully_ support packages in the Main 
and Restricted repos. As Jamion said, they are not totally unsupported, but 
only by the maintainers and the community at large.

>
> While you're at it, maybe then you can help me understand why
> un-intuitive names like "multiverse" are used intead of clear language
> like "supported", "unsupported", or even codes.

Names are names.I you have an issue with how something  is named, you might 
consider raising this with the development team. 

Main = the core of the OS

Restricted = not in main due to licencing issues but necessary for things 
to "just work".

Universe = community supported software, also the largest repository

Multiverse = Non-free license software, example: Flash and Java (before it was 
GPL'd).

>
> (I mean, if the "universe" is well-known to mean "everything", how can
> you name something to mean more than that? Clearly the word "universe"
> was badly chosen -- and then the error was compounded by creating the
> term "multiverse".)

Sorry if you think I am being a jerk but here is the definition of  the 
Multiverse concept http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(science)

> Sometimes, names that sound incredibly clever to developers come across
> as (at best) silly or (at worst) elitist to newcomers who just want to
> understand what's going on. The evolution from "clever" to "useful" is a
> maturing process, which while intangible is probably the area in which
> Ubuntu falls the most behind other mainstream distros. Changing "Edgy"
> to "6.10" is just the tip of the iceberg.

Silly and elitist is just a point of view. Also, might I ask for proof in your 
claim that Ubuntu falls behind most other distros?

>
> (I've already had one client refuse to use 6.10, even after release and
> despite my recommendation, because "Edgy" implies "bleeding edge" and
> rough. They're staying with Dapper^H^H^H^H^H^H6.04 instead.)

I have had to deal with people who believe that open source meant that anyone 
could change the software on their system (re: my father). The best we can 
try and do is educate. 
>
> - Evan

-- 
"First, God created idiots. But that was just for practise, then he made 
school boards."
   -Mark Twain 
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