Comments on: Ubuntu makes playing Proprietary Formats easier and legal http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/ubuntu-makes-playing-proprietary-formats-easier-and-legal/787/ for practical people. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:51:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Linux News from Linux Loop » Blog Archive » Canonical Provides A Solution to A Frequent Misconception http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/ubuntu-makes-playing-proprietary-formats-easier-and-legal/787/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Linux News from Linux Loop » Blog Archive » Canonical Provides A Solution to A Frequent Misconception Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:25:14 +0000 http://practical-tech.com/?p=787#comment-650 [...] have been (potentially illegally) downloadable and legally purchasable for some time, but now Practical Technology is reporting that Canonical is making it easy for Ubuntu users to get [...] [...] have been (potentially illegally) downloadable and legally purchasable for some time, but now Practical Technology is reporting that Canonical is making it easy for Ubuntu users to get [...]

]]> By: pogson http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/ubuntu-makes-playing-proprietary-formats-easier-and-legal/787/comment-page-1/#comment-648 pogson Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:06:14 +0000 http://practical-tech.com/?p=787#comment-648 Maybe these fees are why Dell charges so much for GNU/Linux... Maybe these fees are why Dell charges so much for GNU/Linux…

]]> By: dietrich http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/ubuntu-makes-playing-proprietary-formats-easier-and-legal/787/comment-page-1/#comment-646 dietrich Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:06:10 +0000 http://practical-tech.com/?p=787#comment-646 The best media player by far is mplayer, which openSUSE Folks can get from the Packman repository. There's a nice alternate GUI, SMPlayer, written in Qt4, which users may find easier to use. Ubuntu Folks will need to go directly to the mplayer website if not found in the commercial synaptic repo: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html I wouldn't touch Banshee with a 'barge pole'. It's infected with 'Mono'. ;) The best media player by far is mplayer, which openSUSE Folks can get from the Packman repository. There’s a nice alternate GUI, SMPlayer, written in Qt4, which users may find easier to use.

Ubuntu Folks will need to go directly to the mplayer website if not found in the commercial synaptic repo:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html

I wouldn’t touch Banshee with a ‘barge pole’.
It’s infected with ‘Mono’. ;)

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