Oh sure, I know. My girlfriend uses my computer without finding any difference with windows at al and I have thought it would be a good alternative for my mother with her insanely promiscuous screensaver and funny email sharing friends . She does email, webbrowsing, and works on her journal. I'm not putting down Ubuntu or Linux, it is my environment of choice. I am saying that we have a serious credibiltiy problem when it comes to multimedia support when nearly everyone else I know plays DVDs and MP3s on their nifty little laptops. And though it directly affects the credibility of Ubuntu in Canada, I believe this is a more a Canada issue than an Ubuntu issue. We bend over way to far to protect corporate and other institutional power. What is the has-to-be-nutty reason that every time I buy a blank CD I have to give a few pennies to RCA? Tell me again! When you leap to protect Ubuntu in this, you are missing the point. <div>On 11/8/05, Mario Couture <<a href="mailto:mario.couture@rogers.com">mario.couture@rogers.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, I agree that for some people it may not be quite there yet, but this may not be true for everyone. See my example below. On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 01:21 -0800, Holiday wrote: > I don't think we should be pushing Ubuntu until the multimedia > problems are worked out. If I have to dual boot play DVDs, why should > I bother with Linux at all. > To get access to tons of other software for free (freedom and beer too). Using my Dad as an example; so my Dad can write his genealogical tree without having to buy another piece of software, so that he doesn't get a virus in the process, and so that the file he creates will be accessible by many generations to come because it is in a format that is not locked by legal issues. And there are tons of other reasons, which most likely differ from person to person, so I guess what I;m trying to say ois that we should push Ubuntu, but not force it, if it does not fit your need (yet) then don't used it. PS. my Dad usually puts his DVD in his DVD player connected to the TV. Mario </blockquote></div>