<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">julian wrote: > Hi folks > I have installed both ubuntu(with gnome) and kubuntu recently and > neither of them seem to play DVD "out of the box". Is there a specific > reason for that(copyright laws or something?)? > > It strikes me as a issue that should be addressed to start to pull > people away from Windoze. lots of windoze user will not use linux if it > can't play DVD without hassle. </blockquote>Try http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/ , DVD playing should be as easy as cutting and pasting from the next page Teh Chadster