Linked by Iain Alexander on Thu 17th Apr 2003 07:28 UTC
Several days ago I wrote a rather scathing article about my utter dismay and disappoint with Mandrake 9.1 and by association, Linux as a whole. Since then I have had many many flames and equally as many agreeing emails (is there a simple opposite word for flame?) Since then I have been trying, really really trying to get my system working fully. But time and again I'm coming up against the same brick wall of (un)usability, computer esotericism and down right idiocy. 
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Xine needs dvd-nav to play dvds. dvd-nav is not, and will not be merged with the xine tree. In other words, Xine is not a dvd player. There is a plug in that makes it one, but expecting it to be one out of the box is ridiculous. Those windows dvd players you love cost $$$. It costs to get rights to CSS decryption (which you couldn't open source), it costs to get dvd menu protocols. People giving you software for free should not have to pay to do it.
By the way, ogle does an excellent job with dvds. You may wish to try it sometime.