On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:32:15 +0100, T i m wrote:

> Hi All,

> 

> Daughter is doing an Open University course and has a couple of

> courseware DVD's that she'd like to put on her (optical_driveless)

> netbook. We have already done the 2 x 5 audio CDs and turned them into

> .mp3s.

> 

> So, I have quite a few DVD ripping type progs on my Linux box (Mint 10 /

> Ubuntu 10.10) and I've had a play but I'm not familiar with the whole

> concept of ripping so I'm not sure what is supposed to happen etc.

> 

> What I would like to do is to convert /the/ DVD into /one/ video file

> with chapters that represent the various (.vob) files on the DVD itself.

> 

> Is there an app that would do this as standard or if not what steps

> would one need to do to achieve this please.

> 

> Or, could I just copy the .vob files onto her netbook and she can just

> play them like that?

> 

> Cheers, T i m

Kind of late to the party, but rip to .iso with Brasero, mount with 

isomount and play with whatever you like.  If you want a pseudo dvd, copy 

the .iso to a thumb drive and take it wherever you'd like.