Ubuntu will never give out of the box support for mp3,etc. because its against their ethics.They will only use free open source softwares in their distro and mp3 format is proprietary.tech_your_future said:Nah mp3's won't play out of the box. That's why you need to install win32codecs. Maybe that will change in the next release, Feisty cos they will be concentrating on things that matter to the end user like multimedia, wifi support and such.