[CVALE] Debian or Ubuntu...

[Dennis Baker]

Last I heard automatix has a lot of packages that aren't in the Debian or
Ubuntu repositories due to legal issues or licensing constraints.
Proprietary NVidian drivers, MP3 Support, Mplayer, flash and a few other
things.  I've heard that FF has easy to add nvidia support and multi media
codex but I haven't tried to upgrade yet (I'm downloading it at home but
haven't installed it yet).  I'm not sure how it will work to upgrade my
system since I'm using Automatix and some other outside repositories (for
Beryl plus some other stuff).  I'll let you guys know how the upgrade goes
when I finish it.

On 4/24/07, Ian Sterling <xyverz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is it really working this time?  Last time I read anything about it
> for Ubuntu, it was bad mojo.  What are the benefits of automatix over
> `apt-get install packagename`??
>
> On 4/24/07, Loyd Schutte <loyd at dailything.com> wrote:
> > If you've already upgraded to the new release (FF) then be sure to
> > get Automatix. It helps you install the most commonly used packages
> > for Ubuntu and enables such goodies as flash, the ability to view DVD
> > content, Crossover office and a bunch more goodies. It's free so give
> > it a shot. You can get it here: http://www.getautomatix.com/
> >
> > Loyd
> >
> >
> > On Apr 11, 2007, at 10:33 AM, Ian Sterling wrote:
> >
> > > On 4/11/07, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
> > >> Thank you Ian and Dennis for you comments. I guess I feel a little
> > >> disloyal when I think about switching to Ubunutu...But I Think I'm
> > >> going
> > >> to give it a try. I'll relieve my guilt by making sure any
> > >> contributions
> > >> I might make to Ubuntu are also made to Debian if possible.
> > >
> > > No need to feel //too// disloyal - the Ubuntu folks are contributing
> > > to the advancement of Debian as well. :-)  (or at least that's my
> > > impression)
> > >
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Dennis Da-Ogre http://ogrehut.com
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