A few months ago we ran a poll about the most important non-free Linux apps. We had over 8,000 votes in that poll and we consider the results pretty interesting. Interesting enough to push Linux's market share if a distro capitalized on them?
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Member since:2005-11-11
//Believe me, I will put a ridiculous amount of time and effort to make things work, if needed. I can afford it and I enjoy it. But most people don't and I think that the barrier should be lowered.//
How so?
How hard is it to put a DVD in the DVD drive, and then, when it tells you it needs an extra package to be installed, just go & install that package, using the package manager just as you would for any other package?
Alternatively, I typed in >"play dvd" ubuntu< into google search, and within 3 clicks I found this help:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
... It really isn't too hard at all. From that page, for ubuntu, to play a DVD amounts to copy & paste the following line into a terminal:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh
BTW ... you are still ignoring the fact that this is far, far easier to get a DVD player working than it is in Windows. In Windows, you have to find a commercial dvd player application and then find somewhere to buy it from, buy it & install it.
Far costlier and many times more troublesome.
Please address any issues you have fairly and with parity against the alternatives.
Edited 2006-10-25 10:50
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2005-11-11
//Besides, how I am I supposed to "guess" the right package name? There's room for improvement here, I think.//
(1) Put a DVD in the DVD drive. The default player will start up and it wiil tell you the name of any uninstalled package(s) you wiil need to install to play it.
or ...
(2) Start your package manager. Hit the search button. Type in "dvd". Read the descriptions of what is then listed.
It really isn't that hard.
BTW ... dvd decoders and mp3 codecs aren't part of Windows standard install, either.