A few months ago we ran a poll about the most important non-free Linux apps. We had over 8,000 votes in that poll and we consider the results pretty interesting. Interesting enough to push Linux's market share if a distro capitalized on them?
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Member since:2006-02-10
I have installed Ubuntu myself a few times, and it really is SO annoying to have to go through lots of extra steps to even get MP3 playback..
Here's an idea: put a metapackage in multiverse that pulls in everything needed to get mp3/wmv/whatever playback. The needed packages are already provided (except for w32codecs and libdvdcss)
Let's call them ubuntu-restricted-multimedia and kubuntu-restricted-multimedia.
Simple, right? So simple I am surprised that MOTU's haven't already done it.
Member since:2005-08-15
* Here's an idea: put a metapackage in multiverse that pulls in everything needed to get mp3/wmv/whatever playback. The needed packages are already provided (except for w32codecs and libdvdcss)
Let's call them ubuntu-restricted-multimedia and kubuntu-restricted-multimedia. *
libxine-extracodecs contains everything you need for anything playback (except for libdvdcss and w32codecs), a search for 'codecs' in adept or synaptic will reveal this.
Member since:2006-02-10
The first thing that me and 80% of home users do when I install Ubuntu is enable universe/multiverse repositories. So let's not ignore reality and put a first time wizard or something that let's you choose if you want to include "unsupported" software in your selections, including "real" multimedia support.
Of course give all warnings that playing mp3 is a HIGHLY ILLEGAL activity that will surely cause you to BURN IN HELL.
:-)
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2006-02-15
I have installed Ubuntu myself a few times, and it really is SO annoying to have to go through lots of extra steps to even get MP3 playback..They really should make it a lot easier to install those since most people install them anyway. Well, since I use Gentoo myself, atleast I don't have to worry about such. "emerge rhythmbox" installs MP3 support anyway.