Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Jun 2008 22:08 UTC, submitted by TLZ_
Acer has stated that it will be pushing Linux aggressively on its laptops and netbooks. The company is already heavily promoting Linux for its low cost ultra-portable netbook range out later this year, but senior staff have said that Acer will also push Linux on its laptops. Acer has already started selling Linux in its Media PC business but this should now spread, according to Gianpiero Morbello, vice president of marketing and brand at Acer. "We have shifted towards Linux because of Microsoft," he said. "Microsoft has a lot of power and it is going to be difficult, but we will be working hard to develop the Linux market."
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RE[2]: Little More Information?
by melkor on Thu 5th Jun 2008 03:10
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RE[3]: Little More Information?
by lemur2 on Fri 6th Jun 2008 12:31
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LinDVD is the only legal option if you live in the US, or countries affiliated with the US 4th reich. The decss work around is perfectly legal, it's the DMCA that's horridly illegal.
Dave
Dave
DeCSS is a Windows program.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS
Linux DVD players use libdvdcss ... which has never been challenged in court.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss
"libdvdcss is not to be confused with DeCSS".
Unlike DeCSS, libdvdcss does not use a cracked DVD player key. Therefore libdvdcss itself does not "copy" anyones IP.
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2006-02-15
I sure hope they do ship with DVD playback software enabled and all that. It's just too much of a hassle for some newbie to have to figure out how to add DVD playback to an OS he/she isn't even familiar with. Besides, there's only 1 legal DVD playback software out there: LinDVD.