Re: [Hampshire] Multimedia System

Hello,

Ubuntu plus the ubuntu-restricted-extras package takes care of all but the
> most obscure codecs. There won't be many media files that you can't just
> click on and expect to play, and the Ubuntu Software Centre offers lots of
> alternatives to the defaults, presented in a much friendlier way than, say,
> Synaptic.
>

What's Mandriva like? A friend of mine said he installed it for his family
and they love it? I haven't used Mandrake since... 1999... which was, I
think, 6.0. But it was very good in those days, for personal use.

S.