from Linux Magazine

Imagine my surprise, however, when I discovered that DVD playback capability was intentionally crippled in the open source version of SuSE Linux 10. Whoa! Or should I say, Scheiße!

Geben Sie Mir Meinen DVD Spieler, Dumbkopf!
Of course, you can play DVDs on Linux, and you most certainly can have it in SuSE Linux 10, but to do so, you have to jump through a few hoops, make a few modifications, and possibly break a few laws — kind of like yanking the catalytic converter and adding Euro-spec Bosch headlights and a high-performance intake and exhaust system to your high-performance German touring sedan.
Due to a variety of legal issues, SuSE Linux 10 cannot include working copies of a number of components needed for DBD playback. So, the first thing to do is remove the bad parts to make room for the new ones. Fire up a command prompt, type…

$ su root

… and then enter the root password. Once you’re root, run the following set of commands:

# rpm –e kdemultimedia3-video-xine-3.4.2-10
# rpm –e amarok-xine-1.3.1-7
# rpm –e xine-ui
# rpm –e xine-lib
# rpm –e kaffeine

These commands remove crippled versions of the libraries and applications needed to play DVDs.