<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 22/07/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Fox</b> <<a href="mailto:chris@robotninja.net">chris@robotninja.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Adam Sweet wrote:<br><br>[snipped]<br>> To add the commercial repo, click the Third Party<br>> Software tab, click Add and then paste in (without any<br>> linewrap):<br>><br>> deb <a href="http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu">
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu</a><br>> feisty-commercial main<br>><br>> You should now be able to find stuff like Java (not<br>> sure whether this is still considered commercial since<br>> the license change), Acrobat Reader, Real Player and
<br>> so on, though I doubt you will need most of these on<br>> Ubuntu.<br>><br>> My preferred way to install software is through<br>> Synaptic, which is on System -> Administration -><br>> Synaptic Package Manager.
<br>><br>>> 2. I would like to install RealPlayer and/or Mplayer<br>>> is that possible? same as 1 above.<br>><br>> Again, there should be no need to install these. VLC<br>> does a great job of playing everything for me. Totem
<br>> can play most things and the new Easy Codec Installer<br>> will prompt you to install codecs when you try to play<br>> media which you don't have the codecs for, though I<br>> still prefer to use VLC.
<br>><br>> If you need any other help with codecs and non-Free<br>> stuff such as DVD playback, have a look at the Ubuntu<br>> wiki page:<br>><br>> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats
</a><br><br>Just want to mention one of the nice things about Linux I've observed -<br>always more than one way to skin a cat ;-)<br><br>Chris</blockquote><div><br>You skin Cats! That's it phone call to the RSPCA :)
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