Ubuntu is distributed without codecs to play many of the most prevalent media formats due to license restrictions. If you want to watch DVDs (unencrypted and encrypted), run Flash (.swf and .flv extensions), play QuickTime movies (.mov ), watch Windows Media Video files (.wmv), listen to MP3s (.mp3), Windows Media Audio files (.wma), or unencrypted

The Ubuntu Linux distribution is available as an easy to install Server version that comes complete with DNS server and LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server components. Unfortunately, the Server version does not install with an easy to use GUI and useful programs like OpenOffice and Firefox that come standard with the Desktop version. But