@ZogG Get of your High horse and think about what your saying. I'm sorry for misspelling your name, but for nothing more. Most people CHOSE as you chose to use mplayer without gui, they CHOSE something they are able to use without reading 3 books on the subject. Ubuntu is made as a CHOICE like you are taking, and ubuntu is a choice to windows. You want even more choices, thats fine because ubuntu's philosophy and politics is not to MAKE YOU use Ubuntu, but to be a CHOICE to OS X and Windows, Canonical does not care if you use their Ubuntu or not, but their happy if they make the people happy, (they have a lot of money, and their not getting it from the end user and the users who sits and votes in the brainstorming section. Ubuntu is for everyone, from the power user to the complete Newbie! but if its not for you, then we all hope you find a suitable alternative for your self, and that you stop being negative about ubuntu