Welcome to LQ.
Trying to be gentle . . .
- Have you read How To Ask Questions the Smart Way? While LQ tries to be much nicer than the mailings lists referenced, there is still a lot of good advice in this essay.
- What is a "Del"? Is it a new company I haven't heard of? Or did you mean "Dell"? Please be more careful of your spelling & proof reading. There is just enough possibility that you really meant "Del", that I don't quite dare assume it's a mistake.
- In any case, specs or, better, a link to specs are always helpful.
- While we are speaking of specs, a link to specs & info on the BlueRay player you found would also be helpful.
- What OS (i.e. Linux distro, incl. ver.) are you using/planning to use? Unfortunately,
"Red Hat Nash version 4.2.1.6" tells me virtually nothing.
- What searches have you done for yourself?
- Google
- LQ
- Wikipedia
- LQ or other HCL
In general ...
- optical disks "just work" in Linux.
- mfrs. don't bother to find out (& list in the specs) if their product(s) work in Linux.
- you don't have to worry about OS ver. specific drivers in Linux, once something works it usually keeps working.
Warning: I know next to nothing about BlueRay ... yet.
The good news is that your BlueRay player will probably work as a basic player, your problem will be to find playback software, & especially codecs, that can make it work completely.
Beware if it is designed for Vista & has DRM built-in -- this might make it difficult or impossible to use in Linux. (See #4 above.)
So, answer my Q's, by # if you like, & let's see if we can help.
I have a Del Precision 380 with Red Hat Nash version 4.2.1.6. Is there a high-def DVD player available to replace the DVD player that came with the computer? I found a BlueRay player that would go in the Del, but it only listed Windows as supported OS.
