The legality of ripping DVDs in general can be questioned, though most interpret applicable laws to mean that you are entitled to one backup copy. Linux has no direct bearing on the legality of the act.
Of course it's legal
First thing to think about is copyright. Is it legal for you to rip that DVD?
It is legal if you are making a backup of the DVD. It is illegal if you distribute it in any way.
The question contains the answer. If it was a "rip" it is unlawful.
It depends.some dvds have copyright so you couldn't rip them.But I can rip my DVD to my itouch.Good luck.Ripping commercial DVD is illegal in most countries,but rip copyright-free and home made DVD is OK.
It depends on the Linux you are running. There are thousands of Linux distros. It is possible that your distro wasn't intended to run DVD-ROM. But most Linux will run them.
In terms of CDs and DVDs, 'Rip' means extract content. In this case, 'to rip a CD' means to copy the content to the computer and save it there. The application 'DVD Rip' does just that.
it depends what kind of DVD ripper you are using. I recommend DVD shrink 2.3 to rip the DVD and VSO DvixtoDVD 0.5.2 to convert it and DvixtoDVD 4 to burn it.
yes
A DVD Ripper is used for DVD ripping which is the process of copying the audio and video information off a DVD and onto a hard drive. DVD Ripper usually only can rip DVD and can't rip Blu-ray while a Blu-ray Ripper can rip both DVD and Blu-ray.
Blu Ray Rip. Same as a DVD Rip but from a blu ray disc :)
Yes, linux has many drivers for many cd/dvd players.