Why Basic installation of Ubuntu doesn't have codecs installed?

[Odzangba K. Dake]

On Thursday 26 February 2009 13:19:34 Asha Rose wrote:
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> Is there any way to include the codecs with the players so that it will
> come with the basic ubuntu installations. Almost all other things they
> require are coming with ubuntu basic installations.

Frustrating isn't it? While legal reasons prevent Canonical from shipping 
ubuntu with multimedia codecs, I don't think those reasons should stop you 
from creating your own custom ubuntu live cd with the codecs installed (it 
appears you at least have internet access and in all likelihood, have the 
codecs installed.) The easiest way to do this is to use remastersys. Search 
for remastersys in synaptic. It basically allows you to clone your system and 
turn it into a live cd, which you can then distribute to your friends and 
family.

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Odzangba
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