[CoLoCo] I Love Ubuntu!

[thezorch]

I have thoroughly fallen in love with Ubuntu!  Specifically 7.10.  
Feisty Fawn Ubuntu 7.04 seemed way to unstable to me, it was very easy 
to break, but that could be due to the distribution being used by Wubi 
also.  This is actually the longest I've been able to use Ubuntu without 
it blowing up in my face after downloading a few additional programs.  
This old tech veteran is very impressed.

How I was able to fix my DVD playback issue was by installing the CSS 
codec for encrypted DVDs following the instructions in Ubuntu's own 
How-To website and installing VLC.  I've used VLC on Windows for a long 
time and its one of the best video players around.  Xine won't work 
anymore and Totem is useless for DVDs but it still works for Divx/Xvid 
and MPEG video files.  I've got a substantial collection of Anime 
fansubs which I watch on a regular basis.  Anyway, I am really enjoying 
my time with Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 and I will be recommending it 
everyone I know except for the one person who already has a great 
non-Windows OS .... Mac OS X!

I still have to keep XP around though because there are some programs I 
use which don't have Linux alternatives like Final Fantasy XI which is 
an MMORPG and won't work under Wine.

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