Hello Development Team,<br><br>Firstly, I would like to thank you for a great product. VLC is by far the best video (and multimedia) player on any platform. With that said, I would like to ask you why it is so difficult to obtain the latest version for Ubuntu linux? I have been using Ubuntu for a few months now and have noticed that it is practically impossible to find the latest build: either in the multiverse repositories (currently topped at version 0.9.4) or as a deb file (either on <a href="http://www.getdeb.net/">http://www.getdeb.net/</a> or anywhere else on the internet). I know, you may be thinking "well just compile it if you want the new version", but that in my opinion, that response is a) a bit condesending and b) not practicable. Compiling software for one's system is usually fraught with challenges that most of the time can not ever be overcome (just last night I was trying to compile Brutal Chess for my system and had errors that practically could not be overcome...). I feel that either an actual repository for VLC should be given on the VLC homepage (rather than simply telling users to "check that a "multiverse" mirror is listed
in your /etc/apt/sources.list" - which invariably only lets them install version 0.9.4), or a deb file for the 32 and 64 bit versions of the newest releases of Ubuntu, or both. If not, the newest version available is effectively 0.9.4 rather than 0.9.8.<br>
<br>I would appreciate a response.<br><br>Again, thank you for the fine product,<br><br>-jacques laroche<br><a href="http://jacqueslaroche.blogspot.com">Current Perspectives</a><br>