Ubuntu, not worth a dime. No wonder they don't charge.

[Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del]

On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 124:55 -0700, GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> wrote:

>Conor wrote:
>> In article <LuudnaweR43GCPrWnZ2dnUVZ_qdi4p2d@bresnan.com>, GreyCloud
>> says...
>>
>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>
>> Yes you can.
>>
>>
>Nice. Now post which dvd player, the codecs and where to find and
>install them plus the libs.
>
>I've tried four different distros on two different VMs and no luck.
>One VM was VirtualBox and the other was VMWare Fusion.

I feel kind of sorry for you, GreyCloud. I am sorry you are having such
a hard time just playing a DVD. That must be a real headache.

 

[Alias]

Death wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>
>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>
>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something else
>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>
>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like this
>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>
>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected the CD
>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install you.
>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart desires,
>>
>
> Canonical says you are a liar.

Not what it says.

> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/musicvideophotos/C/video-dvd.html
>
> Some thieves simply ignore the law.
> Not suprising.
>

Spain isn't one of those countries and a couple of clicks in the
Software Center and all your needs are met in less than a minute.

--
Alias

 

[Alias]

GreyCloud wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>
>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>
>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something
>>>> else
>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>
>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like
>>>> this
>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>
>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>> the CD
>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install
>>>> you.
>>>
>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>
>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart desires,
>>
>
> People keep saying that, but do not provide the necessary steps in
> getting them to run on Ubuntu. I've got 8.10 Ubuntu. It comes up with
> a popup box saying I need the codecs.

Upgrade to Karmic and go to Applications > Ubuntu Software Center >
Other > Ubuntu restricted extras and install. You'll find Karmic a lot
more user friendly than 8.10.

--
Alias

 

[Alias]

GreyCloud wrote:
> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:00:43 -0700, GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>
>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>
>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something
>>>> else
>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>
>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like
>>>> this
>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>
>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>> the CD
>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install
>>>> you.
>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>
>> Wow. No wonder this piece of crap has never persuaded more people to use
>> it.
>
> And when you go to the support groups you are told to add packman to the
> repository so that you can download the win32 codecs and libdvdcss and
> install them. Unfortunately, this leads to other dependency nightmares.
> Even then, it still won't work because there is yet another codec
> needed... like H.264 or H.263. And yet it still won't work.
> All it does is put you on a scavenger hunt for days.

Not any more. See my other post to you about Ubuntu Restricted Extras.

--
Alias

 

[Death]

Alias wrote:

> Death wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>
>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>
>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something else
>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like this
>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected the CD
>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install you.
>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart desires,
>>>
>>
>> Canonical says you are a liar.
>
> Not what it says.
>

Yes it does.
The ability you profess ubuntu to have isn't provided by ubuntu.
It comes from a third party (probably some third world thieving nation)
repository server.


>> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/musicvideophotos/C/video-dvd.html
>>
>> Some thieves simply ignore the law.
>> Not suprising.
>>
>
> Spain isn't one of those countries and a couple of clicks in the
> Software Center and all your needs are met in less than a minute.
>

Just great!
I gotta move to a third world country to play DVD's I'll no longer be
able to afford.
Any more bright ideas?

--

Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

 

[GreyCloud]

Alias wrote:
> GreyCloud wrote:
>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:00:43 -0700, GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>
>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something
>>>>> else
>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like
>>>>> this
>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>>> the CD
>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install
>>>>> you.
>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>
>>> Wow. No wonder this piece of crap has never persuaded more people to use
>>> it.
>>
>> And when you go to the support groups you are told to add packman to
>> the repository so that you can download the win32 codecs and libdvdcss
>> and install them. Unfortunately, this leads to other dependency
>> nightmares.
>> Even then, it still won't work because there is yet another codec
>> needed... like H.264 or H.263. And yet it still won't work.
>> All it does is put you on a scavenger hunt for days.
>
> Not any more. See my other post to you about Ubuntu Restricted Extras.
>

Which repository are those in?
Bear in mind that I'm in the US, not another country where it is legal
to do these things on Linux.

 

[GreyCloud]

Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 124:55 -0700, GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> wrote:
>
>> Conor wrote:
>>> In article <LuudnaweR43GCPrWnZ2dnUVZ_qdi4p2d@bresnan.com>, GreyCloud
>>> says...
>>>
>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>> Yes you can.
>>>
>>>
>> Nice. Now post which dvd player, the codecs and where to find and
>> install them plus the libs.
>>
>> I've tried four different distros on two different VMs and no luck.
>> One VM was VirtualBox and the other was VMWare Fusion.
>
> I feel kind of sorry for you, GreyCloud. I am sorry you are having such
> a hard time just playing a DVD. That must be a real headache.

Nah, just a challenge to try and get this stuff to work.
If I really wanted to watch a dvd, I got to my living room and watch it
there. )

What is missing is that in the US you won't find any Linux distro that
will play commercial dvds. It isn't legal to do so.
I'm sure in other countries it is. Maybe I should find a mirror site in
a foreign country to download where it is legal.

 

[GreyCloud]

Alias wrote:
> Death wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>
>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>
>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something
>>>>> else
>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like
>>>>> this
>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>>> the CD
>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install
>>>>> you.
>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart desires,
>>>
>>
>> Canonical says you are a liar.
>
> Not what it says.
>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/musicvideophotos/C/video-dvd.html
>>
>> Some thieves simply ignore the law.
>> Not suprising.
>>
>
> Spain isn't one of those countries and a couple of clicks in the
> Software Center and all your needs are met in less than a minute.
>

Hmmm... I'm going to have a go with that above url and see if it really
works.

 

[GreyCloud]

Alias wrote:
> GreyCloud wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>
>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something
>>>>> else
>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like
>>>>> this
>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>>> the CD
>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install
>>>>> you.
>>>>
>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>
>>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart desires,
>>>
>>
>> People keep saying that, but do not provide the necessary steps in
>> getting them to run on Ubuntu. I've got 8.10 Ubuntu. It comes up
>> with a popup box saying I need the codecs.
>
> Upgrade to Karmic and go to Applications > Ubuntu Software Center >
> Other > Ubuntu restricted extras and install. You'll find Karmic a lot
> more user friendly than 8.10.
>
It is worth a shot. But I'm running low on blank dvds.

 

[Bill Yanaire, ESQ]

"GreyCloud" <mist@cumulus.com> wrote in message
news:ksCdnSw854ZXCvXWnZ2dnUVZ_sVi4p2d@bresnan.com...
> Alias wrote:
>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something
>>>>>> else
>>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected the
>>>>>> CD
>>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install
>>>>>> you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>>
>>>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart
>>>> desires,
>>>>
>>>
>>> People keep saying that, but do not provide the necessary steps in
>>> getting them to run on Ubuntu. I've got 8.10 Ubuntu. It comes up with
>>> a popup box saying I need the codecs.
>>
>> Upgrade to Karmic and go to Applications > Ubuntu Software Center > Other
>> > Ubuntu restricted extras and install. You'll find Karmic a lot more
>> user friendly than 8.10.
>>
> It is worth a shot. But I'm running low on blank dvds.

A blank dvd is worth more than Ubuntu. Save your dvd for something more
important. Like backing up porn! LOL!

 

[Death]

GreyCloud wrote:

> Alias wrote:
>> Death wrote:
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something
>>>>>> else
>>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>>>> the CD
>>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install
>>>>>> you.
>>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart desires,
>>>>
>>>
>>> Canonical says you are a liar.
>>
>> Not what it says.
>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/musicvideophotos/C/video-dvd.html
>>>
>>> Some thieves simply ignore the law.
>>> Not suprising.
>>>
>>
>> Spain isn't one of those countries and a couple of clicks in the
>> Software Center and all your needs are met in less than a minute.
>>
>
> Hmmm... I'm going to have a go with that above url and see if it really
> works.

There is no question that it really works.
It does.
The legality of it is the question.
If it were legal to do so, then Canonical would bundle those codecs with
the OS.
They do not.
This ain't rocket science.

--

Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

 

[ray]

On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 1231 -0700, GreyCloud wrote:

> ray wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:00:43 -0700, GreyCloud wrote:
>>
>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>
>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>
>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something
>>>> else and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't,
>>>> can't and on and on and on.
>>>>
>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like
>>>> this app or that app, etc...
>>>>
>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected the
>>>> CD and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install
>>>> you.
>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>
>> Strange - I don't seem to have a problem with that.
>
> Then please post the exact dvd player and how and where to get the
> necessary codecs and libs and how to get the player to recognize them.
> It isn't automatic.

totem - add the libdvdcdss library - or whatever it's called - don't
recall the details.

 

[Frank]

Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 094:18 -0800, "Bill Yanaire, ESQ"
> <bill@yanaire.org> wrote:
>
>
>> He didn't miss the point. He answered properly. You don't have the ability
>> to understand the written word. No wonder, you use Ubuntu.
>
>
> I think I understand what is going on now. This Alias person perhaps has
> some mental issues.

He'd need a functioning brain in order to have "mental issues".
So that is way above his pay grade.

 

[Alias]

GreyCloud wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:00:43 -0700, GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading
>>>>>> something else
>>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about
>>>>>> like this
>>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>>>> the CD
>>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually
>>>>>> install you.
>>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>>
>>>> Wow. No wonder this piece of crap has never persuaded more people to
>>>> use
>>>> it.
>>>
>>> And when you go to the support groups you are told to add packman to
>>> the repository so that you can download the win32 codecs and
>>> libdvdcss and install them. Unfortunately, this leads to other
>>> dependency nightmares.
>>> Even then, it still won't work because there is yet another codec
>>> needed... like H.264 or H.263. And yet it still won't work.
>>> All it does is put you on a scavenger hunt for days.
>>
>> Not any more. See my other post to you about Ubuntu Restricted Extras.
>>
>
> Which repository are those in?
> Bear in mind that I'm in the US, not another country where it is legal
> to do these things on Linux.

Then you have a decision to make.

--
Alias

 

[Alias]

Death wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Death wrote:
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something else
>>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like this
>>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected the CD
>>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install you.
>>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart desires,
>>>>
>>> Canonical says you are a liar.
>> Not what it says.
>>
>
> Yes it does.
> The ability you profess ubuntu to have isn't provided by ubuntu.
> It comes from a third party (probably some third world thieving nation)
> repository server.

I didn't have to add a repository.

>
>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/musicvideophotos/C/video-dvd.html
>>>
>>> Some thieves simply ignore the law.
>>> Not suprising.
>>>
>> Spain isn't one of those countries and a couple of clicks in the
>> Software Center and all your needs are met in less than a minute.
>>
>
> Just great!
> I gotta move to a third world country to play DVD's I'll no longer be
> able to afford.

Spain isn't a third world country.

> Any more bright ideas?
>

Yeah, bugger off.

--
Alias

 

[Alias]

GreyCloud wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading
>>>>>> something else
>>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about
>>>>>> like this
>>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>>>> the CD
>>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually
>>>>>> install you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>>
>>>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart
>>>> desires,
>>>>
>>>
>>> People keep saying that, but do not provide the necessary steps in
>>> getting them to run on Ubuntu. I've got 8.10 Ubuntu. It comes up
>>> with a popup box saying I need the codecs.
>>
>> Upgrade to Karmic and go to Applications > Ubuntu Software Center >
>> Other > Ubuntu restricted extras and install. You'll find Karmic a lot
>> more user friendly than 8.10.
>>
> It is worth a shot. But I'm running low on blank dvds.

A CD will do just fine, no need for a DVD.

--
Alias

 

[Alias]

Bill Yanaire, ESQ wrote:
>
>
> "GreyCloud" <mist@cumulus.com> wrote in message
> news:ksCdnSw854ZXCvXWnZ2dnUVZ_sVi4p2d@bresnan.com...
>> Alias wrote:
>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager
>>>>>>> "XYplorer",
>>>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading
>>>>>>> something else
>>>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't,
>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have
>>>>>>> come to
>>>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about
>>>>>>> like this
>>>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>>>>> the CD
>>>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually
>>>>>>> install you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart
>>>>> desires,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> People keep saying that, but do not provide the necessary steps in
>>>> getting them to run on Ubuntu. I've got 8.10 Ubuntu. It comes up
>>>> with a popup box saying I need the codecs.
>>>
>>> Upgrade to Karmic and go to Applications > Ubuntu Software Center >
>>> Other > Ubuntu restricted extras and install. You'll find Karmic a
>>> lot more user friendly than 8.10.
>>>
>> It is worth a shot. But I'm running low on blank dvds.
>
> A blank dvd is worth more than Ubuntu. Save your dvd for something more
> important. Like backing up porn! LOL!
>
>
>

More proof that you've never downloaded, burned and installed Ubuntu. No
DVD required, a CD will do nicely.

--
Alias

 

[Death]

Alias wrote:

> Death wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>
>>> Death wrote:
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something else
>>>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like this
>>>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected the CD
>>>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install you.
>>>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart desires,
>>>>>
>>>> Canonical says you are a liar.
>>> Not what it says.
>>>
>>
>> Yes it does.
>> The ability you profess ubuntu to have isn't provided by ubuntu.
>> It comes from a third party (probably some third world thieving nation)
>> repository server.
>
> I didn't have to add a repository.
>

Didn't say you did.
It was downloaded anyway ... and not from Canonical.


>>
>>
>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/musicvideophotos/C/video-dvd.html
>>>>
>>>> Some thieves simply ignore the law.
>>>> Not suprising.
>>>>
>>> Spain isn't one of those countries and a couple of clicks in the
>>> Software Center and all your needs are met in less than a minute.
>>>
>>
>> Just great!
>> I gotta move to a third world country to play DVD's I'll no longer be
>> able to afford.
>
> Spain isn't a third world country.
>

Says a resident.


>> Any more bright ideas?
>>
>
> Yeah, bugger off.
>

Not good.

--

Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

 

[Lu Powell]

Top posted on purpose - (How rude!)

You guys are still feeding the troll!

Never argue with an idiot. Other people may not be able to identify which is
which.




"GreyCloud" <mist@cumulus.com> wrote in message
news:aImdnaxX78Bm4_XWnZ2dnUVZ_sZi4p2d@bresnan.com...
> Bill Yanaire, ESQ wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:hk9k11$8vk$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>
>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager "XYplorer",
>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading something
>>>>> else
>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have come to
>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about like
>>>>> this
>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected the
>>>>> CD
>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually install
>>>>> you.
>>>>
>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>
>>> Not on my install of Ubuntu. I can play any DVD my little heart desires,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alias
>>
>> I'm sure with YOUR copy of Ubuntu, you can do anything. Your copy is not
>> like other copies. Just like everyone in your town/city wants Ubuntu and
>> nobody wants Windows. Isn't that right? Your town is the only one on
>> the planet where everyone knows about Ubuntu. LOL!
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Hehehe... go to any linux distro website and search for "How to play a
> commercial DVD" and their site will tell you that due to copyright
> infringement they do not provide the rest of the enchilada to play dvds.

 

[GreyCloud]

Alias wrote:
> GreyCloud wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:00:43 -0700, GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager
>>>>>>> "XYplorer",
>>>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading
>>>>>>> something else
>>>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't,
>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have
>>>>>>> come to
>>>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about
>>>>>>> like this
>>>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>>>>> the CD
>>>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually
>>>>>>> install you.
>>>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow. No wonder this piece of crap has never persuaded more people
>>>>> to use
>>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> And when you go to the support groups you are told to add packman to
>>>> the repository so that you can download the win32 codecs and
>>>> libdvdcss and install them. Unfortunately, this leads to other
>>>> dependency nightmares.
>>>> Even then, it still won't work because there is yet another codec
>>>> needed... like H.264 or H.263. And yet it still won't work.
>>>> All it does is put you on a scavenger hunt for days.
>>>
>>> Not any more. See my other post to you about Ubuntu Restricted Extras.
>>>
>>
>> Which repository are those in?
>> Bear in mind that I'm in the US, not another country where it is legal
>> to do these things on Linux.
>
> Then you have a decision to make.
>

I did. I checked out another posted url and found that I was missing a
required library. So I checked around on various mirrors and downloaded
it from a german site. Now it finally works. Totem tried to run, but
crashed for whatever reasons... so I started up MPlayer and it worked
pretty good. But it took me a bit too long to find a solution and I
just about gave it up.