[ltp] Region Free DVD works in Mandrake 9.0!

[Buchan Milne]

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 brianweber4@attbi.com wrote:

> Today, I was also able to get Region Free DVD working on
> an IBM Thinkpad 380Z usitg OGLE DVD Player in Mandrake
> linux 9.0!
>
> OGLE download:
>
> http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/

Mandrake users can install Ogle and many other multimedia-related RPMS,
compiled for Mandrake 9.0, from PLF. See http://plf.zarb.org for info on
setting up a source for urpmi/rpmdrake/Package Manager. There was also
recently a tutorial posted on http://www.mandrakeforum.com


>
> This Thinkpad does not ever come with a DVD drive from
> IBM, but it accepted a Toshiba 4X SD-C-2202.
>

Does anyone know if the other DVD options available from IBM support the
600X?

> IBM does not list a 380Z DVD drive option, but it works
> none the less.
>

Regards,
Buchan

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