You see… the good folks writing Linux ubuntu go to great lengths to avoid being sued into oblivion by corporate record labels and their consumer fighting lobby group, the RIAA. So basically, ubuntu installs do not include the ability to play MOST common media formats. What this says to me is that the RIAA ASSUMES that I am doing something illegal, when in fact all I want to do is watch the media that I PAID for!

http://freshvisionmedia.com/eric/2008/01/02/thanks-to-the-riaa-i-just-bought-my-last-cd/

I always like the joke someone sent years ago: why should people paying for videos have to suffer though FBI posters on stealing and adds calling it a crime when you are the good guy who went out and bought the thing!!!!???