Have a look at
Automatix. It'll sort out restricted drivers, codecs and lots of other stuff for you (if you want). Feisty is definitely a major step forward in a usable desktop Linux. I've got it on my 500Mhz Powerbook G4 and it's loads faster than OSX was. The only issues I have are PPC specific ones (buggy flash support, no wine etc etc). I like to use VLC for video / dvd playback and the default Gnome RhythmBox audio player for music.
Kev
