>>Nvidia Cards are also recommended.
Well, that's out then. I only use AMD processors and ATI graphics. The AMD processor thing is recent.
>>If you have to pay for it, it likely doesn't run on Linux.
Well, it hardly seems right paying good money for something then having to compile it yourself. Heck, between writing and compiling that's pretty much all a developer does
>>Xine is pretty good, it supports DVD menus too if that's important to you
Menus are good. Sometimes normal people might have to use this. Thanks !