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Old 08-06-2007   #12 (permalink)
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Default Re: US version of Ubuntu?

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Originally Posted by MRiGnS View Post
I think you did not understand what I meant.

Ubuntu does not plan to include these codecs in the default installation, what I was suggesting was that the access to the repositories would be restricted by firewall for users in the US or other countries where this stuff is illegal.
You never made any reference to the repos in your opening post. Your first sentence quite clearly said:

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Originally Posted by MRiGnS View Post
Should there be a US version of Ubuntu be available and the only one possible to download from within the US?
That, to me at least, suggests the possibility of an Ubuntu distro for US users without any proprietary software available. My first post addressed the feasibility of that idea.
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