kubuntu configuration

[Kurt Wall]

On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 08:29:37PM -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
> On 11/11/06, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 07:59:38PM -0600, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> > >
> > > You would think that if Novell was going to sell out, they aught to at
> > > least sell out so that they can set all this stuff up from the getgo.
> > > Imagine being able to play videos and DVDs straight from the install...
> >
> > Um, what does Novell have to do with Ubuntu?
> >
> 
> Thank $DEITY, not much! I'm always amazed that people (hiding under a
> rock, maybe) don't know that it is not legal for a linux distro to
> redistribute all the proprietary crapola necessary for multimedia
> support.

Sure it is, if the distro make pays the licensing fees. But, if the 
distro pays the licensing fee, the cost to the end user goes up.

Kurt
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