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One of my favorite features with Linux Mint is the ability to play pretty much all media codecs right out of the box. Flash, QuickTime, MP3s, and so on just wor
by asnyder 16y ago
One of my favorite features with Linux Mint is the ability to play pretty much all media codecs right out of the box. Flash, QuickTime, MP3s, and so on just work. And work really well.
From a legal perspective, this is a bit dicey. It's not technical considerations that prevent other distros from shipping these codecs, it's legal ones.
- crocowhile 16y agoIt depends on where you live. The reason why those codecs are not installed by default in ubuntu is that could not be distributed in countries where software patents are an issue, like US and JP. If you are in Europe it's perfectly fine to use mint with all those codecs already installed.