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TurboLinux 10f Review - PowerDVD on Linux

Posted by michael on from the vroom-vroom dept.

BootLinux writes "The first review of TurboLinux 10f has been posted by Flexbeta. TurboLinux 10f is the first Linux distribution to include a commercial DVD player, PowerDVD. It also bundles Microsoft licensed media codecs and the ability to connect with Apple's iPods. With the addition of these and other multimedia applications is it safe to say that Linux is finally a conteder in the desktop market?"

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  1. Now by Ann+Coulter · · Score: 2, Interesting

    all we need is for games to be available for Linux. I would very much like to play Far Cry on Linux. That is about the only thing, oh and Diablo 2, that I use Windows for. I wish they would support multiple channel audio output on more Linux media players. I brought a Klipsch 5.1 and I get the feeling that I'm only using a 2.1. Anyway, I hope that PowerDVD has multiple channel support. I wonder if UT2004 can be made to do multiple channel audio with an Audigy. I would pay big money, $200, to be able to use the extra 3 channels.

  2. Re:Jesus man by Ann+Coulter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is different. I think that having corporate support behind DVD viewing in Linux legitimizes it more. No longer are we using DeCSS based software in this case. We are now using a commercial product that even the media companies (film studios) support to a degree. I think this is a very good thing that Linux is getting support in an area where it has become criminal in the past. I would recommend the preexisting media players, such as mplayer and xine, over PowerDVD because of stability, ease of use, and performance. Of course, I've never used PowerDVD on Linux before. In any case, I hope that more companies back up Linux in these ways, instead of excluding Linux because of whatever reasons they might have.
    As for two brain cels, I can tell you that that's almost enough for a motile being. I forgot the exact number, but some worms have very very small central nervous systems indeed. You can't do anything with only one, but with two, you can communicate and control even more nerve cells. Heck, a jellyfish doesn't have a brain, just a nerve net.