Playing Bluray in Ubuntu 12.10

AACS DRM is preventing native playback of Bluray discs on Ubuntu, to reslve this a few steps needs to be followed.

Obtain a copy of a Keys database (KEYDB.CFG)

Created ~/.config/aacs/ folder

Copied KEYDB.cfg (updated 20/04/2012) into this folder

Install the AACS Dynamic library, two methods available

1. download libaacs.so.0 and copy it into /usr/lib/ or /usr/lib64/ alternatively
2. Install it from the repository: apt-get install libaacs0

Option 2 was the prefered option for me.

Afterwards open VideoLAN (VLC) and playback your commercial Bluray on your Ubuntu platform.

VideoLAN 2.0.4 was used for the test.

How to install Skype on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

Type the following in a terminal

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

to add the correct repository and then to install skype

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype