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Users to choose own codecsThe Linux Mint project has decided version 18, scheduled for June 2016, will end out-of-the-box installation of multimedia codecs.…
With this in mind, OEM installation disks and NoCodec images will no longer be released. Instead, similar to other distributions, images will ship without codecs and will support both traditional and OEM installations.
Potential Linux Mint 18 users need not choke on their cornflakes at this news because:
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Multimedia codecs can be installed easily: From the welcome screen, by clicking on "Multimedia Codecs", or from the main menu, by clicking on "Menu"->"Sound and Video"->"Install Multimedia Codecs", or during the installation process, by clicking a checkbox option.
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