Chapter 18Multimedia Wow! (Mac os x web server) In This Chapter Listening to
Chapter 18Multimedia Wow! In This Chapter Listening to music Using, recording to, and ripping from CDs Creating and modifying high-powered graphics with The GIMP Watching moviesThe price of freedom is responsibility, but it s a bargain, because freedom ispriceless. Hugh DownsIn these days of computing in noisy Technicolor, it just doesn t feel like acomputer unless you can make it sing and dance. This used to be a weakpoint for Linux, but these days there s little that I can t do on my Linux desk- top machine. From listening to CDs to watching QuickTime movies, you cando just about anything. Sometimes it just takes a bit of elbow grease to getthings working. Time to take a trip on the wild side and get your Linux box doing the Macarena. Because legal complications surround a number of multimedia programs andtheir use in countries like the United States of America, some multimedia capa- bilities had to be removed from some Linux distributions. However, thesecapabilities are still available if you know where to look and if you re in alegal jurisdiction that allows listening to MP3s, watching DVDs, or other touchysubjects under patent laws and the DMCA. Chapter 12 shows you how to addmany of the features discussed throughout this chapter.