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Old 07-18-2006, 07:01 PM   #1
mikes63737
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Laptop-friendly Linux Distro with DVD Playback


I am looking for a Linux distro for a laptop that has DVD playback enabled out-of-the-box. Does anyone know of one?

Thanks!

Mike
 
Old 07-18-2006, 07:17 PM   #2
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Reckon most any of them will work, You just have to install libdvdcss2

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Old 07-18-2006, 07:34 PM   #3
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Ok... I tried Debian before on my laptop and I didn't like it at all. It won't work with my graphics card, and it only displays at 800x600.

I am installing PcLinuxOS right now... hopefully it works!

My laptop is only 700 MHz, and it drops to 450 MHz when it's on battery power.
 
  


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