Automatix?

[James Gray]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:01, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Could I get an opinion? Automatix, good or bad?
>
> BTW, I understand that it's unstable and alpha software. That's not what
> I mean by "bad". I just want to know if this is an app to keep an eye on
> for when I try to convert my mom to Ubuntu.

Automatix, whilst well intentioned, employs some really bad techniques to 
force Ubuntu into doing things it shouldn't.

Use "easyubuntu" - it does things the "Ubuntu way" and achieves the same 
ends as Automatix (without breaking things along the way).

Cheers,

James
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mins) of beta testing and crucial bug reporting

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