installing codecs

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Graham Todd <grahamtodd2 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:32:48 -0500
> Henry Dubb <henry.dubb at gmail.com> uttered these words:
>
>> I''d second Mint as ready to go out of the box. Another option is
>> AptonCD in which you create your own Ubuntu. Include the programs /
>> codecs you want and leave the rest out. Played with it and it looks
>> promising. But mint would be the easiest route.
>>
> [snipped]
>
> Purely because of my personal preference, I like to go with the more
> familiar Ubuntu/Gnome interface rather than that which comes with Mint
> (too Windows-like for me).

Hmm. Odd. It's the work of 2min to put it back, if you actively like
the 2-panel layout.

> If you are looking at other Ubuntu-like OS, I'd suggest you look at
> "Super OS" at:
>
> http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Super_OS
>
> and "Ultimate Edition" from http://ultimateedition.info
>
> Both have the added codecs installed "out of the box" but Ultimate
> Edition also has slabs of the latest version of KDE with Gnome.  Both
> have their own repositories but Ultimte Edition has a tool, Ultamatix,
> which will also upgrade the Ultimate Edition install.

Repos aren't much help for machines with no Internet access!

For my money, both those remixes add in far too much unnecessary junk.
They move far from the "purity" of the Ubuntu
"one-best-of-breed-app-per-function" ideal.

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