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Canonical Offers Sale of Proprietary Codecs for Ubuntu
ruphus13 writes "Playing DVDs on Linux that required proprietary codecs has been a source of much pain. Ubuntu (or anyone else, for that matter) is not legally allowed to redistribute these codecs. So, users were left with sub-optimal choices. Convert the multimedia to an open format, acquire new media, or use a codec 'found' on the web, which may be illegal. In its continued effort to have a seamless and slick user experience, Canonical made the hard choice to offer the sale and support for proprietary codecs that users had to actually purchase for Ubuntu. This is not a fight Canonical can fight alone, and they are sure to get some grief for the decision."
Just get a Mac. Bam, problem solved...
Do other dvds work? If so, then it's the discs, stupid.
Show this to your friends and family that don't know what a real hacker is
Practically speaking? No, it didn't. IE I did not have to plop down an additonal $100 (much less $300 -god god WTF?) to get windows installed on my $300 PC -and since there were no $200 PCs with the same specs I don't buy the whole "The price of windows makes your computer cost more omfg omfg omfg" BS.
In practical terms NO I have not paid for either of my copies of windows, and NO they are not pirated.
>Just because there are large barriers to entry in the preinstalled OEM OS market doesn't mean that you didn't pay for Windows.
No, the fact that the computer costs the same with or without windows means that I didn't pay for windows. I don't give a shit who paid for it, the main point I'm making and that you're ignoring is that I didn't pay for it; and that's all I'm concerned with.
Choices are: 0) Not offer this software at all 1) Include this software for free, with a big blinking warning for customers from some countries, that they should choose option 2) 2) Offer the same software for money