I have played around with Ubuntu Linux before, and I love it!! However, it no longer runs on my system, as I haven’t found the time to re-install it after the last hardware failure (a hard-disk failure, was Ubuntu to blame?). Last week, I requested 4 free CD’s (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Ubuntu server), and when they arrive (normally three weeks) , I’m gonna install it again.
I noticed that 2 years on from when I last installed Ubuntu (Edgy Eft), you still have to install things to get it functional (with regards to media codecs and the like). While I appreciate Ubuntu’s philosophical stand, I think the least they could do was to provide some sort of easy install script to get those restricted codecs. I have heard of the restricted-extras metapackage, but I also heard that it contains open-java instead of the jre from Sun… I’m wondering if I can find a way of installing everything in the restricted package except that… And the w32codecs, the libdvdcss… The list goes on of all the things that should be easily installable (GUI please) upon booting up for the first time.
Hmm, maybe I’ll google around and see if there’s already a way to do that.
1 comment:
My word, Mr Biscuit. Your photo makes you look exactly like my hamster!
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