On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 21:39:09 +0100, Vir Campestris
wrote:

On 01/06/2016 22:14, Weatherlawyer wrote:
Here is a daft one concerning regional discs . Windows 7 tells me I need to reset my computer to allow it to play region 2. What on earth is tha silliness about. No version of Linux bothers with that sort of thinking.

the story I heard was:

Hollywood spoke to MS, and asked them nicely if they'd help out with the
regional protection scam. MS agreed.

The Linux guys response was short and Anglo-Saxon.


You still often have to jump though hoops to do 'everyday' stuff in
Linux though (and accept the restrictions).

http://www.howtogeek.com/240636/ever...edia-on-linux/

"None of these options are perfectly convenient, but it’s what we have
for now–and at least it (mostly) works."

Cheers, T i m