[nzlug] Ubuntu and video

[Craig Box]

> Since when was there a two-disk "set"? Have I been using a pint-sized
> version all this time <concerned>? (Can you provide a reference to
> this "critisism" and/or to a "two disk set" of Ubuntu?)  

Up until Dapper, Ubuntu came with an "install CD" and a "live CD".  As of
Dapper, you can install from the live CD, now renamed the "desktop CD", so
they only need to shipit you the one disk.

Upgrades require the packages CD (previously called "install CD", now called
"alternative install CD").

Confused? ;)

> I understand that Ubuntu supports vorbis and theora formats out of
> the box. Converting mp3 to vorbis and mpeg to theora is simple.
> Adding playback support to dapper for non-free formats is also
> simple, though it takes longer.   

The sabdfl has said he likes projects like EasyUbuntu and would like to see
something like it built into edgy+1.

> OTOH: I think I would have liked to find a more detailed account of
> why specific formats are not included... have there been threats of
> lawsuits? (for eg)  

Basically, because the software is (potentially) in violation of US patents.

Craig