Restricted software in Ubuntu, continued

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poofyhairguy Wrote: 
> 'Nope' (http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html),  they pay
> for each version. Thats why distros that include MP3 players are
> pay-for distros (SUSE, Mandrake). Well, they might not pay- but legally
> they should. I don't want Ubuntu to be semilegal.

> 

> 

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> Thats why Ubuntu keeps it compatibility with debian. You want to play
> that stuff- get into the multiverse. 

> 

> 

> 

> A. In universe

> B. Now Firefox can add Flash for you, even a noob could do it.

> 

> 

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> This stuff won't happen because Ubuntu is a free distro. You can get
> everything you need using FAQS provided right here on this forum, and
> enabling Universe is as easy as a checkmark in synaptic. Sure it isn't
> guaranteed to work, but the stuff in SUSE and Mandrake doesn't always
> work either (in my experiance I've had better luck with universe
> packages than packages made by Mandrake on Mandrake!)

> 

> 

> 

> Let me first say that I am not a hard head, I get your point. But I
> don't believe Ubuntu needs this stuff in order to be successful- it
> already is a success to many people. If people want a distro that
> includes this stuff, let them pay for Mandrake of Xandros, I wish for
> Ubuntu to remain free (as in beer). 

> 

> Plus, lets not kid ourselves here, NONE what we call "window noobs" can
> setup ANY OS for themsleves. Thats why they buy Dells, so big daddy Dell
> can set up windows for them. If you forced the real noobs to install any
> os, including windows, they would freak. 

> 

> Plus a Dell doesn't do everything you want. You want to play Divx
> movies? You have to find out that there is this thing called a Divx
> player to do it. Which you have to find and download without Dell's
> help. If you can figure that out, then you are not a "window noob" and
> you have enough skill to install Ubuntu and use the faqs here to get it
> to act like a good desktop. 

> 

> For everyone else, a nerd will have to set it up just like papa Dell
> sets up there windows box. Nothing wrong with it. If anything, the
> complaints about "not having media support" comes from nerds that could
> easy add it but are too lazy to because they know other distros will do
> it for them. Let them buy the other distros.

> 

> Now, I'm not accusing you. And I do admit I wish the universe was
> handled better (I would prefer a live universe instead of snapshots).
> But media support will never come with a free distro like Ubuntu. but
> Ubuntu makes it pretty easy to add what you need.

Ha ha...



cool post... i rally had a great laugh reading it...



i have been using ubuntu for a month now (from xp) and i keep on
discovering new codecs and multimedia goodies each day.... 



have a good one...



ciao


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