a linux ready for simple users ? (Re: issues with warty final

[Ben Novack]

Unless reality's gone screwy on me, Ubuntu doens't include MP3 support
or (commercial) DVD playback out of the box.


On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:53:46 -0400, Mike Clark <mike.clark at hamot.org> wrote:
> All that is included already. MP3 support etc.. That guide is needed
> because Fedora doesnt include anything.
> 
> >>> Eamonn Sullivan <eamonn.sullivan at gmail.com> 10/27/2004 5:43:00 PM
> 
> 
> >>>
> > you see, for fun-loving users, and that might be
> > about a third of the ones looking for something like ubuntu,
> > half the computer experience they want is missing in warty.
> >
> > if legal problems make it impossible to include things,
> > it would be easy to make a script that guides
> > through the installation of stuff from other sources,
> > or at least a simple but complete how-to,
> 
> I think Ubuntu needs the equivalent of Eric Raymond's Fedora Multimedia
> Howto:
> 
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Fedora-Multimedia-Installation-HOWTO/
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