[Wolves] New to Ubuntu

[David Morley]

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


You skin Cats!  That's it phone call to the RSPCA :)



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