[SLUG] Installing Linux for Lucy

[Paul Teasdale]

On Tuesday 21 Mar 2006 11:57, Jamie Adams wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 11:47 +0000, Paul Teasdale wrote:
> > Because I don't use SUSE as my main distro I am no expert on this but in
> > older versions of SUSE default installs would not play DVDs/MP3s etc
> > without additional package installs from alternative locations. SUSE used
> > to stay clear of any potential patent/legal problems that come with DVDs
> > and MP3s etc and did not include the software on their distribution
> > disks. I mention this because you say the Lucy wants to be able to watch
> > DVDs. This situation may have changed now. I'd be interested to hear from
> > someone who knows this.
>
> This was still true the last time I tried it and a quick scan on google
> suggests that this is true of release 10 too. I don't think it's that
> difficult to bypass - the pacman repositories usually offer everything
> that is needed [1].
>
> I recently installed Ubuntu Breezy and that was the same. Luckily they
> provide simple instructions on their website to get it all working.
>
I did still suspect this but wasn't really sure. Thanks for confirming that 
Jamie.

Regards,

Paul.
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