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Old 03-10-2008, 03:51 AM   #1
seychellesblue
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Does Elive plays encrypted DVDs out of the box ?


If you know then plz answer that is it true that no tweaking etc like installing etc is required for this distro ?
If it is so then it will definitely be the best desktop solution for many homes.
plz answer early .
 
Old 03-10-2008, 11:19 AM   #2
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I don't believe it does, but I'm pretty sure that linuxmint does. Here is a link if you are interested. Don't download the "light" version.

http://linuxmint.com/download.php
 
Old 03-10-2008, 07:53 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by seychellesblue View Post
If you know then plz answer that is it true that no tweaking etc like installing etc is required for this distro ?
If it is so then it will definitely be the best desktop solution for many homes.
plz answer early .

Most distros do not include packages that would cause patent/copyright infringement. You could build your own LiveCD/DVD that is installable and has all of the "excluded" packages that are available from 3rd party repos.

I have used Fedora 7 and F8 to make my own Live distros that are installable to hard drive or usb drives with 3rd party packages.

If you find a major Linux distro that includes the ability to play DVD/mp3's "out of the box" you can rest assured that somewhere somebody has paid for you to have that ability to "point-click-play".

EDIT: I have a Elive "GEM" disc and will check if it can play a DVD also I recall there is "GeeXboX" less than 9MB iso that can play multimedia files.GeeXboX

EDIT 2: Yes, Elive Gem played DVD.

Last edited by Ryptyde; 03-11-2008 at 05:52 AM. Reason: added link for GeeXboX and size
 
  


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