[ubuntu-uk] Eurovision Song contest internet stream

[LeeUKHA]

> Hello Again,
>
> So, It's the Eurovision song contest tonight, It's going to be streamed
> from http://www.eurovision.tv using a plugin that you can get from here:
> http://www.octoshape.com/files/octosetup-linux_i386.bin
>
> run the octosetup-linux_i386.bin file in a terminal via the command:
>
> sh octosetup-linux_i386.bin
>
> Now make sure you have the following packages installed:
> ia32-sun-java5-bin libstdc++6 mplayer
>
> Open up your favourite editor and put in it:
>
> JavaExec=/usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
> PlayerExec=gmplayer -nocache $url
>
> save this file as setup.cfg inside the octoshape directory.
>
>
> To run it cd to the directory and type:
>
> ./OctoshapeClient -url:EBU.esc07
>
> "EBU.esc07" is the url for eurovision,
>
> output in the terminal should look something like this:
> http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/142
>
> More urls/streams at: http://www.octoshape.com/play/play.asp
> Linux FAQ at: http://www.octoshape.com/faq/faq.asp?faqtype=Linux
I'm an avid supporter of Linux and now Ubuntu...
but that email just sums up a lot of peoples frustrations with Linux.

On Windows it would have been a click to download, a double click to run 
the installer and a click to accept the T&Cs...
Roll on Gutsy...