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Install Multimedia Codecs, libdvdcss in Debian Etch GNU/Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 17, 2007

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“Debian having released the latest stable version of its
GNU/Linux distribution, there is obviously a rush by Debian users
to upgrade their distro. Debian is considered by its die hard
followers to be one of the few GNU/Linux distributions which can
stand up to other Unix OSes with regard to security without
sacrificing those aspects which make GNU/Linux the most feature
rich posix OS in the world.

“But once you finish installing Debian, you need to do some
housekeeping so as to enable you to play multimedia files which are
encoded using proprietary or closed formats such as Microsoft’s WMV
files or Apple’s quick time files…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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