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Turbolinux Licenses Windows Media 9

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-first dept.

spike-288 writes "According a press release, Turbolinux is the first major Linux distributor to license and ship a media player capable of streaming Windows Media audio and video. The new product, "Turbolinux 10 F..." is based on Turbolinux 10 Desktop but will also include licensed versions of Macromedia Flash, legal commercial DVD playback (via Cyberlink's PowerDVD player), RealPlayer 8, commercial Kanji fonts and iPod support via gtkpod (including enhanced functionality)." Update: 04/28 02:33 GMT by T : Prostoalex adds "The Windows Media codecs for Linux will be available for download for $64, the complete TurboLinux OS will cost $150 in Japan and the United States."

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  1. Linux is here! by schlagel_j · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, when I use linux, I can bring along some of the windows stability issues, and reasons that I moved away from Windows. At least all of the fancy pages will work!

    1. Re:Linux is here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Finally, when I use linux, I can bring along some of the windows stability issues, and reasons that I moved away from Windows. At least all of the fancy pages will work!

      The word is "porn", not "fancy."

    2. Re:Linux is here! by Trejkaz · · Score: 2, Funny

      Quite a few people fancy porn though.

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  2. Real Player? by geek4ever · · Score: 2, Funny

    O wow...complete with Real Player? Why don't ya just boot windows?

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    1. Re:Real Player? by negacao · · Score: 1, Funny

      Under FreeBSD4.9 it

      Well there's your problem..

      *dons flameproof suit and runs away* :)

  3. $149 per copy by PaintyThePirate · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, the price is about the same as Windows Media Player 9 on Windows.

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    1. Re:$149 per copy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      The first hit's free, but the rest will cost ya!

  4. Conservative moderators? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Karma: Bad. Mostly because the only moderators that notice me are conservatives"

    Let me know if you ever see one. All the moderators I ever encounter are knee-jerk liberals.

  5. Wait a sec... by miketang16 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's Linux? And it's not free.... does not compute...

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    1. Re:Wait a sec... by md65536 · · Score: 2, Funny

      But but but... a media player is part of the *operating system*

      Isn't it?! Isn't that the way it's supposed to be?

  6. And in Other News by Vengie · · Score: 4, Funny

    AP Newswire -- Barbados:

    Apparently, Satan, otherwise known as the Prince of Darkness or the Fallen Angel, has taken up residence in nearby sunny Barbados. When questioned about his recent arrival into this mortal plane, he claims to have come to the tropical islands for his retirement. "You see, my home kept freezing over, so I figured why not enter the lucrative ice-cube business." Profits from Hell-on-Ice exceed 10bn quarterly, and after the OpenIPO, HOI stock has split three times and nearly doubled in value.

    St. Peter, the Father, Son, Holy Ghost, Virgin Mary and Rabbi Lottstein were unavailable for comment.

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  7. In the words of Peter Venkman... by isny · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dogs and cats - living together. Mass hysteria!!

  8. Re:Getting rid of DRM? by JPriest · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am sure it will strip out DRM, I heard it comes with DeCSS, is open source, and comes with a free 1000 song membership to iTunes and ./ subscription also.

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  9. Doesn't seem so bad . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    . . . until you add the $699 you owe SCO--then it's not pretty.

  10. Re:I can do the same thing by Fourier · · Score: 4, Funny

    you can smear poop on a blank cdr, put it in your drive, and mplayer will play it.

    Well, yeah, but it's gonna sound like shit.