Ubuntu Brings the BBC to Linux

Oct 30, 2008, 23:06 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Carla Schroder)

"There are some geographical restrictions that are handled at the server end. The BBC plugin is available to any Linux distribution that wants it, so if it catches on it should someday appear in your own favorite distro. Another small step forward, hurrah."

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