everyday multimedia not supported in Ubuntu (Re: 3 days from the release, 3 machines, a few issues.

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 11:02:54AM +0200, Philippe Landau wrote:

> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> >This is all unsupported software from universe/multiverse, so it isn't
> >relevant to the release.  Feel free to file bugs in Malone though.
> 
> in other words: the multimedia that most users want to use will often not
> work and there will be no sound, but that is not relevant because Ubuntu
> does not support it :-) if Canonical told this new users upfront, that
> would be more honest.

The components of Ubuntu are quite clearly explained on the website,
including their support status.  If there is some way that you feel
this could be made more clear, let us know.

There is also extensive information about the complex issues which bear on
multimedia support; I see no need to elaborate here.

-- 
 - mdz