Hi
Ogg is great, for instance, and I rip CDs with ogg, but if I
want to listen to 99% of the audio streams out there, I need mp3,
and that's a matter of trashing the multimedia stuff that comes with
Fedora and replacing it. My flash mp3 player doesn't play ogg, and
I'd rather install some encoder software of questionably status than
shell out another $200 for one that does.
You can use Real Player or relocate into a region that doesnt support
software patents :-)
regards
Rahul