Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 22, 2006 06:12 AM
The default Ubuntu install contains free software only, which means that it doesn't support some popular multimedia formats straight out of the box. This is inconvenient, but the Ubuntu folks have good reasons for not shipping with support for MP3, DVDs, and so forth -- including that software could cause them some legal headaches, or incur some serious fees.
If Ubuntu is supposed to be so much easier than Debian, then why do all those formats work out of the box with Debian, but not with Ubuntu?
I know: it's because Ubuntu is worried about patents and Mark Shuttleworth doesn't want to get sued. But Debian contains only free software as well, and it CAN play MP3s.
In some areas, Debian is not as well ironed out, but the numerous ugly bugs in Ubuntu Dapper were a major disappointment for me. I'll stick with the real deal from now on.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 22, 2006 06:12 AMIf Ubuntu is supposed to be so much easier than Debian, then why do all those formats work out of the box with Debian, but not with Ubuntu?
I know: it's because Ubuntu is worried about patents and Mark Shuttleworth doesn't want to get sued. But Debian contains only free software as well, and it CAN play MP3s.
In some areas, Debian is not as well ironed out, but the numerous ugly bugs in Ubuntu Dapper were a major disappointment for me. I'll stick with the real deal from now on.
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