Ubuntu is a great distro, but it still needs some slight tweaking to get it just right. I’m going to show you how to use Automatix2 to get your OS perfected. For those of you unfamiliar with Automatix2, its basically software that makes installing add-on software easier in Ubuntu. There are ways to grab these packages without Automatix2 but you might have to get your hands dirty, so for simplicities sake bear with me. In random order:
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanSince the very beginning, directories (of any kind) have had a very central role in the internet. (I have recently grown fond of Free Web Directory. Even Slashdot can be considered a directory: a collection of great news and invaluable user-generated comments. As far as software is concerned, doing a quick search on Google about software directories will return the free (as in freedom) software directories like Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat and so on, followed by shareware and freeware sites such as FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and All Freeware (great if you're looking for shareware and freeware, but definitely less comprehensive than their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselI read David Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software? the other day, which got me thinking about software directories in general. As David mentioned, many of the software directories one finds when doing a quick google search are free as in beer, not as in freedom. But what interests me is the software directories that already exist, providing a combination of both free as in beer software, and open source software. Sites such as Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download don't advertise themselves as providing free as in liberty software, but each of them have a good selection of open source software available... if you know where to look.
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mfoetsch
4 years 47 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago
Great! Install a free software
Great! Install a free software operating system, then make it proprietary by following these 10 easy steps.
(Does the "Bury" link do what I think it does?)
mattflaschen
4 years 47 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago
mfoetsch: Exactly. Automatix2
mfoetsch: Exactly. Automatix2 is good for nothing except installing proprietary software, or free software that illegally supports patented formats. It's not even necessary for the latter.
However, if you are looking for a free version of Ubuntu I recommend gNewSense (http://www.gnewsense.org/), which is a free versio nof Ubuntu.
tony
4 years 47 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago
I used to agree - Automatix, easyubuntu...
I used to agree - Automatix, easyubuntu... all software that was essentially bad.
However, then I installed a PC for a friend. Yes, it was Ubuntu. And no, he wouldn't have kept it without being able to play his MP3 (huge collection), see movies in his news site... I was disheartened. We agreed I would convert all of his collection of music into a free format, but well, that was 2 months ago :-/
etank
4 years 46 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago
Any time I ever see a tip or howto
Any time I ever see a tip or howto with the words Automatix or Easyubuntu in them I automatically discount them. These are not good tools to use if you ever plan to upgrade your system.
snotbutter
4 years 46 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago
im sorry my english but why its
im sorry my english but why its bad for upgrades?
pvdg
4 years 46 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago
I am willing to accept that some
I am willing to accept that some people have to temporarily install proprietary software (in Ubuntu, in the restricted and multiverse repositories). This should be a choice of the user, after wheighing the lack of freedom this will entail against the need to have their hardware work, being able to read files in proprietary formats or accessing content on the web. It is not good, however, that newcomers automatically install proprietary software, drivers, codecs, etc. without even realising what they are doing.