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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Because a license to decrypt the DVD is not included in the price of the DVD.
The DVD player under your TV, PowerDVD and WinDVD etc on your XP box, have all paid for the ability to decrypt DVD's so they can be watched legally.
Linux being free can't pay for these licenses, so you either have to buy a linux dvd player which covers their cost of the license, or do it illegally using software which has cracked the code.
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last time i checked that only applies in america and their crazy copyright laws, playing dvds on linux is perfectly legal in countries except america which is why a lot of distros distribute US only isos with the dvd functionality removed
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
course any old Joe can install windows its all wizard run as any old Joe should be able to install Linux however its what happens next thats the problem.
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i wouldn't say the average joe could install windows tbh
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
I spent a lot of time learning what I know and im no No0b however if linux worked out the box with easy to install drivers and run everything I need for day to day computing without having to compile everything then I woudl consider learning other aspects of the system.
Why should I have to read paragraphs of text to install a driver? or a piece of software? no thank you. If linux is ever going to become mainstream it will need to more user friendly if it does not then it wont
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most drivers are either included in the kernel and to the average joe, the distribution, any other drivers are binary-only ones and come with their own wizard like installers, no reading necessary. Regarding software, its not exactly "paragraphs" more just a few lines with the commands, the rest of the docs is just like the help in windows programs and details of what to do when things go wrong.
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
one thing I have noticed is when I express my views on Linux I get talked down to by the Linux fanboys something to be honest im not prepared to tolerate
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i'd say thats because your views come across as being too lazy to learn the differences and over exagerate what needs to be "learnt", maybe if you actually knew more about linux and what you really do need to learn, not what you think you need to learn it'll help all involved
imo anyone can know how to use linux, its not hard, just different, that isn't going to stop it being mainstream, what is though is that game developers and hardware manufacturers lack of support for it. game developers cant develop games if theres no opengl drivers and the hardware manufacturers wont make drivers if theres nothing to use them. this of course is slowly changing so when games become cross platform linux will pickup in the mainstream