Why Ubuntu isn't for New Linux Users

[Randy Gloden]

"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EasyCodecInstallation"



The solution described here would indeed solve the problem if it did all 
the work (download/configure/install) instead of merely bringing up a 
wiki for those things that are not available via apt get.

I will indeed get with the maintainer and see what help I can be.  This 
is promising, though not as immediately useful as other options.  In the 
long run, this solution would require less expertise than the EasyUbuntu 
approach (which required the user to actively select the appropriate 
options).  So, this is a better approach that what I had envisioned.  
Now all we have to do is to get it workable and into the distro.

---------Randy
www.microbabble.com


Matthew East wrote:

>On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 17:34 -0600, Randy Gloden wrote:
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>Someone else wrote this, but didn't get quoted:
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>>>I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "this" issue, but if its
>>>installing extra packages, then of course there is a place for gdebi.
>>>People dont want to have to wait for an the EasyUbuntu/Automatix/Other
>>>automation script writer to add your their package to the list. This is
>>>especially the case then the script writer doesn't want to add the
>>>program :)
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>>Agreed, gdebi may be good for installing those things that are packaged 
>>in deb.  "This" issue refered to to the orginal blog which points out 
>>the problem of beginners getting the extra codecs, plugins, Java  
>>installed.  I quote:
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>{snip}
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>>So, lets cut to the chase, we need EasyUbuntu (or something similar) 
>>easy to access.  I can't really hope for an "On the Menu" option to 
>>launch, so in main would be the closest I could hope for.  If not, then 
>>we can instruct the user through download and gdebi install for the deb 
>>stuff, and for other software/configurations, the status quo.
>>
>>Yes, I'm just talking to the wind, the same as I was last time this was 
>>discussed.
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>Recently, in a response to one of your emails, I posted you a link to a
>specification started by the lead Ubuntu GNOME maintainer. This
>specification has the aim of making it easy to install multimedia codecs
>when they are absent from Totem or other applications. The same
>reasoning would apply to browsers+java.
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>So, talking to the wind isn't necessary: go ahead and contribute to the
>spec. For convenience, I'll post it again:
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>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EasyCodecInstallation
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>Matt
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