Shuttle PCs with Linux pre-installed available to buy
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From: Chris on 19 Nov 2007 05:22 See el Reg for more: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/16/shuttle_uk_linux/ However, it seems that you can't just order them online. You have to make an online 'request' to a suitable Shuttle vendor who will, presumably, make your order on demand. It's a good start, but could be much better...
From: jasee on 19 Nov 2007 10:23 Chris wrote: > See el Reg for more: > http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/16/shuttle_uk_linux/ > > However, it seems that you can't just order them online. You have to > make an online 'request' to a suitable Shuttle vendor who will, > presumably, make your order on demand. > > It's a good start, but could be much better... It's a great opportunity, Vista machines are so wasteful with resources; for most peoples' use browsing the Internet, receiving and sending emails, writing a few letters, Linux machines could provide a much faster and more secure solution. I'm not sure whether there's a legal solution to playing dvds?
From: Geoffrey Clements on 19 Nov 2007 10:55 "jasee" <jasee(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:UsqdnTvMKNobN9zaRVnyggA(a)bt.com... [snip] > I'm not sure whether there's a legal solution to playing dvds? I'm not sure is there's an _illegal_ solution to playing DVDs. -- Geoff
From: jasee on 19 Nov 2007 11:32 Geoffrey Clements wrote: > "jasee" <jasee(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:UsqdnTvMKNobN9zaRVnyggA(a)bt.com... > > [snip] > >> I'm not sure whether there's a legal solution to playing dvds? > > I'm not sure is there's an _illegal_ solution to playing DVDs. Sorry, not really sure what you mean, I remember installing Suse 10? and finding you couldn't actually play commercial DVDs (thats what I meant) without downloading some program from another site: it couldn't legally ISTR be included with the distro, I don't know whether the situation has changed?
From: Geoffrey Clements on 19 Nov 2007 12:04
"jasee" <jasee(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:L56dnevh84ssJ9zaRVnyiAA(a)bt.com... > Geoffrey Clements wrote: >> "jasee" <jasee(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message >> news:UsqdnTvMKNobN9zaRVnyggA(a)bt.com... >> >> [snip] >> >>> I'm not sure whether there's a legal solution to playing dvds? >> >> I'm not sure is there's an _illegal_ solution to playing DVDs. > > Sorry, not really sure what you mean, I remember installing Suse 10? and > finding you couldn't actually play commercial DVDs (thats what I meant) > without downloading some program from another site: it couldn't legally > ISTR be included with the distro, I don't know whether the situation has > changed? > Sorry - I copied your wording for effect :-) The usual IANAL applies here but I suspect that what Suse wouldn't supply was libdecss which has (had?) copyright issues. However you can watch commercial DVDs on linux with libdvdcss but again Suse probably wouldn't want to include it in their distribuation as it was created by reverse-engineering methods which are illegal (I believe) in North America. Here in good ol' blighty there's nothing illegal about watching a DVD on linux using libdvdcss providing it's a legal copy of the DVD, at least nothing has been tested in court yet. Again, IANAL and I don't use Suse. -- Geoff |