Good job on this Alan. It answered a few of my questions and brought up a new one. DVDs... I can play them on my system with xine, but the images are out of sync with the audio. This is something I figured was related to my cheap ($30) dvd drive. My questions are: 1) Do you have a cheap dvd drive or a good one? 2) Have you experienced the audio sync problem with Linux in the past? 3) Are the dvd decryption libraries part of the Ogle package or did apt take care of those for you? Again, good job on the review. I found it helpful. Bart