Fixing the FAQ guide

[Robert Stoffers]

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Yes, but as mentioned theres the copyright issues, which is why the
packages are not included in official Ubuntu repositories in the first
place. I agree that a pointer to how they can install it might be the
way to go but I think it will need to be to an unofficial url or the like.

Rob

Alexander Poslavsky wrote:
> matthew.east.ubuntu at breathe.com wrote:
> 
> 
>>Robert Stoffers writes:
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>>>Sean,
>>>Yes, this also has the effect of commenting out everything with a
>>>copyright issue (such as w32codec, libdvdcss2) :)
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>>We really can't have reference to unofficial repositories in any
>>official guide released with the distro. That includes marillat and
>>backports (as they are now) IMO.
>>M
>>
> 
> I saw something like this on ubuntu-users as well, but this is one of
> the main reasons people read the docs! They want to install w32codec and
> libdvdcss2.
> 
> We all know why w32codec and libdvdcss2 are not in the regular
> repositories but everyone (that I know anyway) installs them anyway,as
> it is the only way to watch DVDs etc. If it is not documented how it is
> installed people will say that ubuntu is a bad distro etc and leave, or
> start looking for documentation in another place, and stop reading the
> wiki or docs on the computer.
> 
> Just explaining why it is not there and how people might get it might
> make some users happy imho. These are low-hanging fruits. Easy to solve.
> 
> greets, AP
> 
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